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Tackling Diversity in Case Discussions: Advice for Creating a Culture of Dialogue and Equity in Business Classrooms

May 24, 2023

This Harvard Business Publishing web article provides “practical advice for leading discussions in class on diversity, equity, and inclusion topics.”

Guidelines for Writing a Teaching Note

March 12, 2019

Guidelines for writing a teaching note, from our own CBTL team.

Writing a "Teaching" Case Study: 10 Easy Steps

March 12, 2019

An overview of 10 easy steps of writing a case, by experienced case-writer and CBTL workshop leader Kirsten Lundberg.

Who needs lectures? Vermont medical school chooses other ways to teach

March 12, 2019

“To outsiders, medical school may conjure up images of a cavernous amphitheater with a white-coated, white-haired professor holding forth. But in a small classroom at the University of Vermont’s medical school, the professor has little to…

Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom

March 12, 2019

“Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty.”

Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too, Study Finds.

March 12, 2019

“A new study finds that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than students in classes that use more stimulating, so-called active learning methods.”

Facilitating Effective Classroom Discussion, the Devil is in the Details

March 11, 2019

“Leading discussions effectively is not an easy task for any of us. Even those who make it look easy have actually worked very hard to hone this important skill.” Subscription required to view full article.

Effective Ways to Structure Discussion

March 11, 2019

“The use of online discussion in both blended and fully online courses has made clear that those exchanges are more productive if they are structured, if there’s a protocol that guides the interaction… more structure might benefit our…

Discussion as a Teaching Method

March 11, 2019

Scholarly research on discussion as an active learning activity, from ABLConnect, an online repository for active learning in higher education.

Designing Problems for Problem-based Learning

March 11, 2019

“As the name implies, problems are absolutely essential for problem-based learning… if there are no problems, there will be no problem-based learning.”

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Tackling Diversity in Case Discussions: Advice for Creating a Culture of Dialogue and Equity in Business Classrooms

Guidelines for Writing a Teaching Note

Writing a "Teaching" Case Study: 10 Easy Steps

Who needs lectures? Vermont medical school chooses other ways to teach

Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom

Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too, Study Finds.

Facilitating Effective Classroom Discussion, the Devil is in the Details

Effective Ways to Structure Discussion

Discussion as a Teaching Method

Designing Problems for Problem-based Learning