Examples of U-M Faculty Using Instructional Technology

This page features examples of U-M faculty who have used instructional technology in innovative ways. Click on any title for a full description of that example.
Title Pedagogical Goal(s) Technology Tool(s) Academic Area Course Type
Using Google Forms to Clarify Difficult Concepts in Large Courses
  • Crowdsourcing learning activities
  • Increasing engagement and/or interactivity
  • Google Docs/Drive
Social Sciences Lecture
Crowdsourcing Study Guide and Exam Question Development Using Google Docs
  • Crowdsourcing learning activities
  • Administering tests and quizzes
  • Google Docs/Drive
Health Sciences Lecture
Improving Teamwork Through Online Synchronous Discussions
  • Course management
  • Improving teamwork during group projects/activities
  • Discussion Forum
  • Google Docs/Drive
Engineering Lecture
Providing Alternatives to Traditional Writing and Speaking Assignments with Collaborative Websites
  • Providing feedback to students
  • Facilitating collaborative authorship, editing, or peer review
  • Webpage Creation
Arts and Humanities Discussion
Using Clickers for Active Learning and Critical Thinking
  • Answering student questions
  • Increasing engagement and/or interactivity
  • Administering tests and quizzes
  • Personal Response System (Clickers)
Science, Technology, and Math Lecture
Video Study Guides for Music Performance Classes
  • Content delivery (alternatives to lecture)
  • Providing supplementary content
  • Screencasting
Arts and Humanities Studio
Editing Wikipedia to Improve Writing to a General Audience
  • Facilitating collaborative authorship, editing, or peer review
  • Wiki
Science, Technology, and Math Discussion
Interactive Chemistry Demos using Mathematica
  • Content delivery (alternatives to lecture)
  • Increasing engagement and/or interactivity
  • Animations/Videos
  • Simulations/Case Studies
Science, Technology, and Math Lab
Students Learning (and Teaching) the Universe through Wiki-style Pages
  • Facilitating collaborative authorship, editing, or peer review
  • Promoting student reflection and critical thinking
  • Increasing engagement and/or interactivity
  • Wiki
Arts and Humanities Lecture