Not Just a Number: Student Centered Approach for Large Courses

This document discusses strategies for teaching large courses and engaging students. It introduces approaches like using social media and collaborative technologies to help students feel connected. Some specific strategies mentioned are setting up groups for in-class activities on tools like Twitter and Google Moderator and using wikis and social bookmarking for collaborative notes and content outlines. Real-time student response systems and quizzes are suggested for collecting feedback. The challenges of managing discussions and grouping students are addressed.Read less