August 3, 2020 Devshikha Bose, PhD, and Serena Hicks, PhD
In spring 2020 the world faced an unprecedented emergency situation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Many instructors who normally teach face-to-face had to pivot overnight to teach remotely. There was…
July 31, 2020 Susan Swayze, PhD and Rick Jakeman, EdD
The discussion forum plays a central role in our online graduate-level, advanced research methods course, providing opportunities for students to demonstrate knowledge and connect and learn with each other…
July 29, 2020 Ann Wheeler and Jörg Waltje
Let’s come right out with it: Reflecting about learning is a commendable practice that should be embedded into any learning experience! For both teachers and students, reflecting is an…
July 27, 2020 Andrew St. James and Darlene Campbell, PhD
“No combination of words can put together the feeling of relief, comfort and gratitude I have towards your course and your fantastic TAs.” –Student comment, Spring 2020 As universities…
In Course Design, Effective Teaching Strategies
July 24, 2020 Fiona Hunt, MLIS
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when you ask them to…
I said to myself in spring of 2019, after reading through the final papers for a class, “I cannot read another history research paper.” I was done. While some…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
July 20, 2020 Laura Schisler, PhD
What can you implement in your classes that can review content, establish a foundation for the day’s topic, encourage student participation, and get students prepared for the day’s activities?…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
July 17, 2020 Tierney King
A song of the day. Dungeons & Dragons. Foldable, flap notes. Plickers. This is only a glimpse of the tactics the 2020 Teaching Professor Virtual Conference covers. Here, I…
“Okay, anyone have any questions? . . . No? Then let’s do it with the music. We’ll start the combination to the right.” The instructor, Julie, ducked off camera…
Connecting with students is one of the most rewarding aspects of a professor’s job. Some faculty hesitate to teach online, frequently offering the rationale: “I want to connect with…
