Faculty Spotlight: Colin Hughes

June 19, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min
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Helping Students See the Value of Packback

Colin Hughes wants his students to see value in the tools they’re buying. By incorporating students’ Packback posts into class each week, students can see the importance of their questions and how their posts relate to the rest of the course.

INSTITUTION

Florida Atlantic University

DEPARTMENT

Biology

COURSE

Conservation Biology

SIZE

70 – 90 Students

“Many of our students have an incredibly tight budget where $20 to $30 really matters to them…and none of the students are talking about how they wish they didn’t have to pay for this particular program.”

Community Stats

QUESTIONS

937

AVG CURIOSITY SCORE

77

RESPONSES

884

AVG WORDS PER POST

140

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