Apr 28, 20215 Questions for MIT’s Vice President for Open Learning, Sanjay SarmaSanjay Sarma is the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT, and the co-author of Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn. Along with Luke Yoquinto. Their book is a fantastic resource for teachers, professors looking for cutting-edge learning research, and parents evaluating educational opportunities. …MIT5 min readMIT5 min read
Apr 27, 2021Spring Clean Your Classroom: Clear Out These 8 Myths About Online CommunitiesTalking to instructors who are new to Yellowdig, we often find there are a number of misconceptions around student participation and the role of the instructor. We have compiled a list of 8 myths and debunked them with the reality we have seen across our company partners below! Myth #1…Online Courses6 min readOnline Courses6 min read
Apr 26, 2021The New Horizon of Opportunity with Yellowdig’s Group UpdateBefore: When groups were enabled, you could only work in groups. When they were public, students in other groups could interact with your posts, but all original posts had to go to a group.Yellowdig5 min readYellowdig5 min read
Mar 23, 2021The Topic is TopicsIn my face-to-face classes, I’d look around the classroom and try to intuit whether or not my students “got” what I was talking about by asking pointed questions, listening to the responses of the one or two students I had time to call on, and then looking for glimmers of…Pedagogy4 min readPedagogy4 min read
Mar 22, 2021Yellowdig Student and Instructor Fall 2020 Survey ResultsAt the end of the Fall 2020 semester we asked Yellowdig instructors to share a survey with their students, as well as fill one out for themselves. These analyses are based on over 200 student responses and 30 instructor responses. 88.9% of students were completely remote, 10.5% were hybrid, and…Product Reviews8 min readProduct Reviews8 min read
Mar 22, 2021Yellowdig’s Freeform Points: Breaking Free to Enable Co-Curricular ActivitiesAlthough Yellowdig is mostly used to build community and engagement in the classroom setting, we have seen a number of uses that were fantastic outside of the classroom. Student clubs, alumni groups, courses with rolling enrollment, and special events are just as critical to the complete student experience as typical…Co Curricular Activities4 min readCo Curricular Activities4 min read
Mar 19, 2021A Student Perspective of YellowdigAt the center of Yellowdig is community and at the center of community are the learners. We value the experience and insights from students very highly, which is why we have put a lot of effort into making sure their voices are heard. Recently in our student panel webinar, we…Student Voice8 min readStudent Voice8 min read
Mar 18, 2021Yellowdig Product Update: LaTeX EditorYellowdig has always been focused on creating the best environment for any academic use case, from English to Biology. With this goal in mind, we have recently improved the LaTeX editor. Why is the updated LaTeX Editor important? It allows students to format equations correctly and more simply. It helps students work together to solve problems. It…Mathematics Education3 min readMathematics Education3 min read
Mar 17, 2021A Look into Gameful LearningDr. Ben Plummer got his PhD at the University of Michigan focusing on motivation and gameful learning. Now he works as a learning experience designer for the Ross School of Business, designing courses for their online MBA program. Dr. Mika LaVaque-Manty is the director of the Honors Program in the…Gamification9 min readGamification9 min read
Mar 16, 2021Yellowdig’s New and Improved Instructor Certification CourseAt Yellowdig, we don’t claim for our technology to be magic. The real magic happens when you combine our technology with our data-backed pedagogical approach. We are an education company first, and we believe in the power of humans to power learning, with the enablement of thoughtfully designed technology. …Certification9 min readCertification9 min read
