Tools and Technology

This page provides online teaching tools that may be useful to you and your classroom

David Malan is a rising star in Harvard's computer science department. He devotes almost all of his time, and even publishes research on, his introductory course CS50. Malan's CS50 course has caught the eye of many from around the world for it's extremely well thought out and developed online instruction.

The Toyota Production System is known and studied by thousands of operations specialists. It teaches some important principes and foundations of operations management.

This pre-recorded webinar from Harvard Business Publishing takes a look into what it takes to teach well online, specifically when teaching with cases and with other forms of active learning.

This article is a product of an interview that was conducted by the Strategic Management Teaching Committee. They interviewed Pinar Ozcan who is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School in the UK. She has taught popular MBA strategy courses that were completely online and gives her advice for online teaching during the interview.

Only 9% of college teachers prefer to teach in an online learning environment. But online enrollment keeps rising, and there is evidence that online teaching can provide similar learning outcomes to traditional learning environments. These tips can help you to improve your online teaching and lead to student success.

This article lays out the 25 best economics podcasts from the last year. Podcasts are a great way to inform students about the every day realities and applications of economics. They can serve as valuable and interesting supplemental class material. Economics podcasts range from highly technical all the way to being approachable by people who have little economic training. Because of this, podcasts can find application in any classroom.

This step by step guide provides instructions on how to create a QR code that can be scanned by students to access prerecorded audio. QR codes are small barcode like images that can be scanned from a smartphone to quickly access online content. This content can be a simple image, a YouTube video, a web page, or any other content.

Flipgrid is the leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families in 180+ countries. Create a Grid community for your classroom, school, PLC, #GridPals, families, and more! Use technology to have engaging and formative discussions. Keywords: Tech, Technology, Communication

Data is an incredibly important resource for any businesses because it can help expose variability and optimize operations for the highest quality results. Regardless of the industry, data is beginning to change how we do business. Scientific research is based on the gathering and analysis of measurable data, this type of analysis provides companies with the reliable information they need to make decisions. Many companies of various sizes believe they have to collect their own data to see benefits from big data analytics, but it’s simply not true. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of free datasets available, ready to be used and analyzed by anyone willing to look for them. In the link pr...

Poll Everywhere transforms one-sided presentations into two-way conversations with the audience. This web-based audience response system lets you embed interactive activities directly into your presentation. The audience responds on the web or via SMS texting on their phones.

In his TED Talk "Let's use video to reinvent education" Sal Khan, the founder of The Khan Academy, highlights some of the benefits of using video instruction in the classroom, which include allowing students to learn at their own pace, "flipping" the classroom, and allowing for mastery of skills.