Music in the Classroom
As faculty, we want our students to achieve, but more than that we want our students to see, at least in some way, that what they are learning in class…
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A Memo to Students: College and the Real World
To: My Students From: Your Teacher Re: What’s happening in college—is it real? I just read about a senior engineering student who was presenting a design project in an upper-division…
The Focus is You: Angela Britcher and the Faculty World
This week on The Focus is You, we’re getting to know Angela Britcher who works in instructional design, faculty training, and content writing. We’ve catered some of the questions to…
Encouragement for Online Learners
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Prior to every course, faculty should consider how they can connect with their students. Building rapport with students…
Collaborating on Flipped Library Sessions: 8 Best Practices for Faculty & Librarians
A common practice at many colleges and universities involves course faculty inviting librarians into their classrooms to teach research and information literacy skills and concepts customized to disciplinary or course…
Office Hours Off Campus
Our “office hours off campus” idea transpired from a speech given by Dr. Iain Campbell at a publisher’s workshop we attended. Dr. Campbell teaches large biology lecture courses at the…
The Focus is You: Adam Arenson, Historian
In this week’s, The Focus is You, we chatted with Adam Arenson, PhD, associate professor of History at Manhattan College and director of the Urban Studies Program. His work concentrates…
An Argument for Accepting Late Work
With over a decade in training and management of college teachers, I saw late policies ranging from “not one second late, period” to “any time before the last day of…
Helping Students Learn: Insight from Maryellen
As faculty members prepare to start their classes and courses for the 2019 school year, it's important to remember that not all students attending college may have a clear understanding…
How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve student learning. Democratic principles are…