Active learning

• Who: Prof. James Capshew & Prof. Tom Gieryn
• Department: College of Arts and Sciences
• Class: X112 Traditions & Cultures of IU
• Delivery Format: Website
• Instructional Goals:
  • Encourages active learning
  • Learning activities give prompt feedback
  • Promotes critical thinking

X112 uses the distinctive history of Indiana University to encourage students to engage thoughtfully with questions posed on the screens. Traditions & Cultures also helps freshmen develop the skills they'll need to succeed in other IU courses: reading and summarizing, thinking critically about information, harnessing evidence to support an assertion, understanding the research methods and reasoning used in different disciplines; learning terminology used in most universities; connecting ideas across units; moving from the particular to the general, and vice versa; studying from the www; and preparing for quizzes and exams. Read more about X112 and its delivery in the ISS September Newsletter.