In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of
As faculty, we strive to enhance our learner’s knowledge of content and prepare them to be professionals in carrying that new knowledge forward. Learners must
The difficulties in student engagement with tutor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion
“Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).”
There is an inherent connection between equity, accessibility, and open educational resources (OER). OER have the potential to offer more equitable and accessible learning experiences
Responding to the demands of remote teaching and assessment during COVID, instructors learned to adapt their practices and become more creative and flexible in their
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 26, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Editor’s note: There are two articles in this
What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students
Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside
It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view
