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Many ideas for incorporating active learning into on-campus and online classes.

This post makes a strong case for the benefits of universal design and it also has a useful annotated resource list.

Harvard's online repository for active learning. Searchable by activity type (e.g., discussion, game, peer instruction, debate, presentation), subject area, timeline, learning goals, student scope (individual, pair, group, or whole-class), final product and assessment type. Site also summarizes research on active learning by activity type.

An oldie but a goodie -- a WCET paper on designing courses and policies to promote academic integrity

Ecampus video about creating assignments for online courses, with tips on managing group assignments.

EDUCAUSE conducted a special study to gain insights on the student experience during what has been an exceptional time of disruption. In these reports, we share our results from the study related to student experiences with technology in the for-credit courses they were taking in fall 2020 in which they felt they were learning the most, as well as experiences, issues, and pain points students had with connectivity-specifically internet and device access-as they did their academic work in 2020.

This is a concise guide to the three main categories of adaptive courseware (off-the-shelf, customizable and custom-built) and five key questions to inform courseware adoption decisions: problem to solve? resources? control? access? support?