High Impact Practices
Defining HIPS
Basic Definitions
The concept of High Impact Practices was introduced by George Kuh in 2008. The link will take you to a brief overview of list
IUPUI has created a taxonomy of High Impact Practices. Below is a helpful powerpoint that they use to help faculty understand what constitutes a HIP
Digging Deeper into HIPs
The resources below are intended to help you visualize how to integrate HIPs into your course by providing more detailed explanations of how HIPs can operate in a course.
Chart of High Impact Practices and Deep Learning
What Make a HIP High Impact?
Colorado State University created a handy guide to linking HIPs to Student Learning outcomes
Colorado State Guide for Curriculum Development and HIPS
The University of Waterloo has a strong applied definition of HIPS
University of Waterloo High Impact Practices
Fantastic Resource on evaluating HIPS
Texas A&M HIPs overview and evaluation
Using HIPS in online classes
What's different online?
Inside Higher Ed Article on using High Impact Practices to improve Online Education
Inside Higher Ed: Making an Impact Online
Hanover Research Report that includes how to build high impact online courses
Hanover: Best Practices in Online Teaching
Experiential Learning in an Online Environment. This paper is in a slideshare so it looks odd