101 Reasons to Use BigGyan

Sex-up education

1. Making learning fun
2. Include humor into classroom
3. Show not just tell
4. Surprise you students
5. Be up to date and earn respect of students
6. Throughly prepare for classes

Earn Money

7. Sell your courses
8. Reach wider audience
9. Decrease admin work and cost
10. Reduce printing and copying costs
11. Reduce travelling and go green

Provide Content

12. Unique Agile course development
13. Posting links to podcasts
14. Posting links to videos
15. Providing links to useful material on the net
16. Providing students who must miss class with easy access to materials
17. Record and upload lectures
18. Publishing classroom notes
19. Providing unlimited additional resources to students
20. Providing supplementary reading material
21. 3-d molecules
22. Adding content and learning objects
23. Allowing students to read or listen to material repeatedly for understanding
24. Creating a virtual art gallery
25. Including a glossary of course terminology
26. Linking to library resources and databases
27. Mind-maps
28. Posting course syllabus for easy access
29. Posting daily news, quotes, words, etc.
30. Import hundreds of preprepared courses

Communication

31. Sharing student ideas and projects
32. Sharing community events
33. Setting up groups for classes (large or small)
34. Enhancing faculty-to-student communication
35. Enhancing student-to-student communication
36. Facilitating group projects by allowing students to discuss particular topics or exchange files
37. Getting 100% participation in class discussions
38. Helping students find study partners
39. Providing advance organization for in-class discussion
40. Sending specific emails to a subset (group) of students
41. Reminding students of important deadlines
42. Providing opportunities for learning communities
43. Providing online homework help (virtual office hours)
44. Encouraging out of class discussion via discussion boards or chat rooms
45. Encouraging collaborative learning
46. Comforting students as they are never alone when they have problems
47. Communicating expectations and objectives
48. Connecting students with community leaders and outside experts
49. Developing a mentoring system
50. Distributing email messages to students
51. Collecting student quotes
52. Assisting in creating connections and inclusion
53. Allowing shy students to express their thoughts

Assessment

54. Keeping students apprised of “how they are doing”
55. Measuring student access to course materials and tools
56. Organizing student papers electronically
57. Posting answers
58. Posting assignments and allow students to submit work digitally
59. Posting extra credit work
60. Encouraging reflective thinking
61. Gathering suggestions from students for course improvements
62. Gauging student understanding and interests
63. Giving students immediate feedback on quizzes and assignments
64. Promoting peer editing for review and suggestions
65. Recording, display, calculate, and analyze student scores
66. Publishing student writing
67. Providing self-help or self-improvement quizzes
68. Allowing students to monitor their own progress
69. Assessing student progress with just-in-time methods
70. Conducting student surveys for quick feedback
71. Creating drill and practice exercises
72. Developing formative and summative assessments
73. Eliminating time consuming exam grading
74. Providing interactive activities

Salient Features

75. Timing-control access to information by students
76. Putting an end to the “lost papers” excuse
77. Integrating technology into curriculum
78. Improving retention of course material
79. Helping students come to class prepared
80. Engaging students outside of class
81. Meeting student expectations
82. Providing 24x7 access to course materials—anytime, anywhere
83. Providing consistency in course structure
84. Providing continuous access to a student roster
85. Providing more time for classroom instruction and activities
86. Allowing students to review lecture notes before or after class
87. Alumini association
88. Copying course content from one quarter/section to another
89. Encouraging students to read their textbook
90. Encouraging students with different learning styles
91. Live lectures
92. Place students4.
93. Provide students with best available
94. Student online security
95. Guest lectures
96. Having alumni mentor current students
97. Keeping parents involved in learning process
98. Latest on internet
99. Student portfolios acts as CVs during placements
100. Write less and use computer more. Prepare for handwriting free world