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For years, instructional consultant, Eva Grouling Snider, was convinced she was a visual learner.  In this week's Teaching Innovation Blog article, Eva looks at learning styles theory and its relation to empirically-backed learning theories. Instead of pigeonholing students into categories of learners, she encourages us to create engaging and active learning experiences that benefit all learners.

Don't forget, the Teaching Innovation Blog is your hub for dialogue and community: learn about and share research-informed, learner-centered pedagogy, from teaching with technology to experimental and active learning strategies. Need to catch up on articles? No problem! Here are the most recent posts:

• Less Worry, More Learning: How Ungrading Has Changed My Student Experience: Read about how ungrading in a graduate class changed the author’s experience and helped them center their own reasons for taking the course.
• You Don't Need to Be a YouTube Star: When recording videos for your class, polish matters less than you think. Learn why and how to let go of the idea of a “perfect” video for your courses.
• Opening Your Door (And Your Heart) to Peer Feedback: We know that teaching is a highly personal experience for faculty at Ball State, and that gaining feedback isn’t as easy as simply opening up your door for someone to peek inside. At Ball State we’ve put together structures and supports to facilitate a faculty-forward peer review program.

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The Division of Online and Strategic Learning provides support and assessment for technology-enhanced teaching and learning for on-campus, online, and blended courses and programs. Our aim is to establish an institute of good practice that all faculty will find useful, formidable, and essential to their aspirations of excellence in teaching.