Course Redesign Teaching Historical Skills Using Technology

This will be a redesign of History 100, the first of a series of History core classes  for majors at CSU, Sacramento. The aim is to transform a portion of the lectures into active learning  involving smaller learning groups. Different methods to be considered will be on-line assignments and discussion groups promoting student-student and student-professor engagement. I will be using some already accessible (free) tools as will as investigate free online learning tools. My goal will be to redesign the class to enable students more hands-on experience and engagement, more critical thinking opportunities, and a higher understanding of the relevance for historical research skills.