pedagogies
Recent Seminars
23 Practical Strategies to Help New Faculty Thrive
Most aspiring professors know their course content very well but receive little training in how to teach effectively. This seminar provides practical advice to guide new faculty members around predictable pitfalls and set them on the path to a rewarding teaching career.
video Online Seminar • Recorded on Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Online Teaching Challenge: Creating an Emotional Connection to Learning, part 2
“One of the biggest barriers to online learning is our inability to respond in the moment, unless we happen to be on live chat or video, which is really rare in most of the online learning world,” says Rick Van Sant, associate professor of education at Ferris State University.
Integrating Social Media into Online Education
Many people take it on faith that online education must be run through a learning management system (LMS) like Blackboard, Angel, etc. Those systems were originally designed to allow faculty to move their courses online without having to learn HTML coding. They provided all of the tools needed to deliver an online course in one package.
Teaching and Learning Award Winners Recognized at Sold-Out Teaching Professor Conference
Last week McGraw-Hill and Magna Publications announced the winners of the second annual Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Award. The award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions that advance college-level teaching and learning practices.
Teach More Effectively with Customizing Learning Experiences
Customized course content can actually reduce faculty workload, while creating a rich learning experience and better learning outcomes for students. This seminar presents a model for personalizing online coursework without overtaxing faculty.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Critical Pedagogy Brings New Teaching and Learning Challenges
It’s not always easy to differentiate between critical pedagogy, active learning, and the learner- or learning-centered approaches. Each is predicated on the notion of student engagement and proposes involvement via such strategies as collaborative and cooperative learning and problem-based learning. All recommend a move away from lecturing. Critical pedagogy is the most extreme of the
Reflecting on Your Teaching Practices
The two nurse educators who authored the article referenced below begin with a quote from the first page of Stephen Brookfield’s book Becoming a Critical Reflective Teacher. “One of the hardest things teachers have to learn is that the sincerity of their intentions does not guarantee the purity of their practice.”
Learning Communities: Key Elements for Sustainability
Tuesday’s post discussed the goals and core practices of effective learning communities. Today we outline elements of sustainable learning communities as well as some of the challenges of learning community development.
Using Clickers to Assess and Engage Student Learning
In just 60-minutes you will learn many different questioning styles for clickers, and how they benefit your students and you. Using Clickers to Assess and Engage Student Learning provides comprehensive, pedagogical strategies to integrate the technology into current and future courses.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
How to Train and Maintain Your Distant Faculty
When online instructors work off-campus, as many often do, it can pose unique challenges. The lack of contact with colleagues and the institution can lead to isolation, and drifting out of the main currents of technological and pedagogical innovation.
