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The Case for Implementing Research-based Teaching Practices in Online and Blended Courses
Session Overview
This video was part of the July 2021 REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit
This talk summarizes highlights from a systematic search and coding of the research literature behind each of seven evidence-based teaching practices (EBTs) promoted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We highlight evidence and examples of the efficacy of these practices when implemented using a digital learning platform or tool.
Speakers
Barbara Means
Exec Director, Learning Sciences Research | Digital Promise Global
Dr. Barbara Means, Executive Director of Learning Sciences Research at Digital Promise, studies the effectiveness of innovative education approaches supported by digital technology. Prior to joining Digital Promise in 2017 she was at SRI International where she founded SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning in 1994. Her current work includes supporting colleges and universities in implementing continuous improvement research on their efforts to incorporate learning technology in ways that enhance teaching and learning in high-enrollment gateway courses. Dr. Means has advised the U.S. Department of Education on national educational technology plans and has authored or edited more than a half dozen books related to learning and technology. She has served on many study panels related to science education for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, including the panels that produced How People Learn I and How People Learn II. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.
