More than just a technology, Visual Classrooms was developed at Tufts University to support active learning pedagogies that increase peer interaction and enable adaptive instruction. Our tools promote a learner-centered focus with an emphasis on interactivity and scalability. Visual Classrooms provides continuous feedback and embedded analytics that help educators personalize learning and ensure that no one falls through the cracks.
what is visual classrooms?
“A non-disruptive disruption”
Analytics support interactive and adaptive instruction in both face-to-face and online learning.
Embedded tools help students synthesize, question, build on, and improve each others’ thinking.
FACILITATE PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS
Jump-start in-class discussions by bringing student work directly into the teaching and learning process. Embedded tools let you highlight, filter, and compare ideas in Visual Classrooms, transforming lectures into interactive discussions.
GIVE UNDERSERVED MINORITY STUDENTS A VOICE
Provide underserved minority and ESL students flexible ways to express their ideas, giving them an opportunity to have a voice in the discussion.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
After selecting a Visual Classrooms activity, students can add new ideas to solve a problem, respond to comments, compare thinking, and discuss and provide feedback. Instructors can require students to add a new idea before they are able to see each other’s posts to stimulate both individual and collaborative learning. Instructors can provide immediate feedback to students and respond to their questions.
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| 2 | 3456 | 899 |
| 3 | 418 | 3498 |
what can you do with visual classrooms?
FLIP THE CLASSROOM
Extend learning by bringing homework into the classroom to provide a personalized, engaging experience for every student - whatever their learning style. Then you can spend class applying knowledge with interactive activities.
SOCIAL HOMEWORK
Engage students and build camaraderie while working through homework problems together. Students critique their own and their peer’s reasoning and thinking.
WHY VISUAL CLASSROOMS?
SMALL GROUP WORK
Use student ideas as a starting point to get classmates interacting not only with the material but with each other. Groups can articulate their thinking and improve their conceptual understanding together.
Students work together to develop and post sample test questions, collaboratively developing a study sheet covering important topics. Instructors can easily see if students are having problems and provide feedback online or as a mini-lecture.
WORLD CLASS ANALYTICS
Developed in an education research lab, Visual Classrooms provides users with ongoing feedback, visualizations and reports about contributions and interactions. Understand who is sharing, who is interacting, and who is engaged.
SEAMLESS LMS INTEGRATION
Quickly and easily integrate into any learning management system via LTI. No additional logins, no complicated data importing. Send grades from Visual Classrooms directly into your LMS.
ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
Peer interaction and collaboration are critical to online and blended learning. Work with classmates and mentors on group projects to solve problems, share ideas, and refine your thinking.
Easily divide large classes into virtual sections, where by default, students only see posts from their own section. Assign TAs to specific sections to monitor and help students.