One of the IF Fellows, Mark Notturno, is working with a small team at George Washington University to train a group of visiting scholars from Central and Eastern Europe in the IF method. The approach is to work with these scholars over the course of this semester...
The current tendency within IF is to recruit at least the generalist panels via Public (or "Citizen") Discussions. Those of us who use Meetup to recruit Citizen Discussion participants have a greater chance of connecting with a broader public. We are not limited...
The Interactivity Foundation (IF) engages in a number of different activities. We help faculty across the country integrate a student-centered discussion model into their classrooms to transform how students learn within the university classroom. The skills...
The Perspectives articles exploring IF in the classroom have, thus far, largely articulated the benefits of our student-centered approach on student learning, interaction, retention, and skill development (leadership, communication, etc.). It is important that we...
I am six months into my first project, and both of my panels are now completing the concern-generating phase of the IF process and are now transitioning to the question-generating phase. Most participants seem to have a much easier time listing their concerns with...
If you have not been to a university campus since the 1960s or 1970s, you might be surprised to find how similar the classroom environment is to that which you might remember from forty or more years ago. While technology has transformed the average classroom into...
I just wanted to send a short greeting to everyone. I look forward to meeting you and will be posting some materials here on this site that will hopefully be helpful to you as we proceed toward August 1, when we will finally all get to meet. I attended the Summer...