Promoting Peer-to-Peer Engagement with Online Discussion
Elizabeth Jenkins shares how Packback meets students where they are and allows them to continue conversations and engage with each other outside of the classroom.
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Improving Critical Thinking Skills with an Easy-to-Use Tool
Dr. Matt Eick shares how easy it was for him to use Packback to help build his students’ critical thinking skills.
Engaging Student Discussions in Large Courses
Heather Kearns shares how Packback has helped engage all 263 of her students in class discussions.
An Improvement in Student Evaluations
Dr. Bryan McCarthy shares how since implementing Packback students have favorably evaluated his philosophy courses saying they feel like they’ve learned more in his class than other classes.
Student Engagement in an Online Course
Dr. Joshua Adams shares how Packback increased student engagement in an online forestry course that students had previously shown little excitement in taking.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cristina Moreira
Dr. Cristina Moreira shares how Packback encourages students of all majors to discuss how various science topics relate to their lives and the world around them.
Video: A Student’s Packback Experience
Noelle Mash, a student at Ohio University, shares her experience using Packback Questions.
Faculty Spotlight: Nejla Routsong
Nejla Routsong found that by giving her graduate students a place to safely ask questions and explore their ideas, they were more willing to be vocal in the classroom.
Promoting Peer Learning in a Chemistry Lab
Dr. Stephen Mang shares how Packback gives students a place where they can help each other understand class materials, lab experiments and data analytics that he may not have time to cover in class.
Grading Packback Discussions in Less Than 5 Minutes
Dr. Brynn Welch shares how with Packback, she’s able to grade each class discussion in just 5 minutes!