Examples of U-M Faculty Using Instructional Technology | CRLT

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
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

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