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Center for Teaching and Learning Panel at Perusall Exchange® 2023
May 27 2023The 2023 Perusall Exchange® is just two weeks away. We are excited to announce that we will continue to offer a live Teaching and Learning panel discussion this year!
Moderated by Denise Snyder,...
Keynote Speaker | Perusall Exchange® 2023
May 04 2023We are thrilled to announce Pulitzer Prize nominated New York Times columnist and Columbia University Professor, Zeynep Tufekci, as the keynote speaker for this year's Exchange! A renowned...
A Look at Perusall and Critical Teaching Behaviors | Social Learning Amplified
April 28 2023In episode 11 of the Social Learning Amplified podcast, Eric Mazur invites Dr. Lauren Barbeau and Dr. Claudia Cornejo Happel to talk about their new book, Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining,...
A Look at Perusall and Open Pedagogies | Social Learning Amplified
April 10 2023In episode 10 of Social Learning Amplified, host Eric Mazur talks with Dr. Sharon Lauricella (Ontario Tech University, Canada) about Perusall, non-disposable assignments, and how to make learning...
A Look at the Future of Learning | Social Learning Amplified
March 16 2023In episode 9 of Social Learning Amplified, Eric Mazur chats with Julie Jungalwala. Jungalwala is the founder and executive director of the Institute for the Future of Learning, a nonprofit...
A Look at Learning Environments | Social Learning Amplified
February 16 2023
In episode 8 of Social Learning Amplified, Eric Mazur invites Cassandra Volpe Horii and Martin Springborg to talk about their newest book, What Teaching Looks Like: Higher Education through...
A Look at How Perusall is Beyond a Discussion Board | Social Learning Amplified
January 22 2023
Episode 7 of the Social Learning Amplified podcast brings you a conversation on how Perusall is more than a discussion board. Eric Mazur sits down with Dr. Staci Saner and Dr. Laura Weingartner...
A Look at Active Learning | Social Learning Amplified
December 04 2022In episode 6 of Social Learning Amplified, Eric Mazur invites Professor Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis, PhD from The City University of New York (CUNY) to talk about their new book, The...
A Look at Perusall for the Community College Population | Social Learning Amplified
November 11 2022In episode 5 of Social Learning Amplified, Eric Mazur talks with T. Adam Baldry and Brad Butler from Pima Community College about the innovative teaching tools they use at a community college...
A Look at Perusall & Mastery Learning | Social Learning Amplified
October 28 2022In this episode of Social Learning Amplified, Eric Mazur catches up with Jon Bergmann, one of the pioneers of the flipped classroom movement. Jon uses Perusall in his classes to facilitate student...
A Look at Ungrading, Part 2 | Social Learning Amplified
October 08 2022In part 2 of A Look at Ungrading on the Social Learning Amplified podcast, Matthew Winslow and Travis Martin continue the conversation with Eric to explore how Perusall aids in their ungraded...
A Look at Ungrading, Part 1 | Social Learning Amplified
October 07 2022This episode of Social Learning Amplified focuses on the growing "ungraded" movement in higher education. Dr. Matthew Winslow and Dr. Travis Martin, both from Eastern Kentucky University, speak...
A Look at Peer Instruction | Social Learning Amplified
October 06 2022
Our debut episode brings you a conversation on Peer Instruction with Eric Mazur and Julie Schell, Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. Schell...
The Benefits of Using Perusall in a First-Year Seminar Course
September 08 2022Do you run a large department or another academic program? Are you looking to achieve greater consistency in the content taught across your course sections? What if you could do this while...
Read morePerusall: A Student's Perspective
August 15 2022Using Perusall was an enlightening experience and a multifaceted new way of learning. It was my first time using the program, and I was enrolled in a hybrid course called Special Populations that...
Read moreGrading Just Got Easier: Perusall's Summer 2022 Updates
July 15 2022It’s that time of year again! The fall semester will be upon us before we know it, and while you’re hopefully enjoying summer, you’re probably starting to prepare for the new semester. For Perusall...
Read moreAisles Full of Annotations! Ginsberg’s Supermarket in Perusall
June 14 2022Strolling through A Supermarket in California like a flâneur, Allen Ginsberg presents himself as a counterculture shopper in 1950s America. He sees the extraordinary in the new ordinary–garishly lit ...
Read moreSocial Annotation and Community Building
January 22 2021Although I began using social annotation practices before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I have found myself increasingly relying on Perusall to guide and structure my classes now that I am primarily...
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