Dialogue, Trust, and Learning in the Age of AI: Why Students Belong at the Table
On a Tuesday morning last semester, students in my Writing II class engaged in debate. After the topic of AI and college classes came up, a spokesperson for one group,…
‘Being to Learn’ Rather Than ‘Learning to Be’: Shifting Thinking About Authentic Assessment
Emerging from tensions created by theory–practice gap rhetoric, authentic assessment has been heralded as a pedagogical vaccine. Now firmly embedded in the vernacular of higher education, authentic assessment offers learning…
Foley Catheters and First-Year Composition: Implementing High-Impact Practices through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, active learning is an essential part of a modern college education. High Impact Practices (HIPs) use collaborative and active learning strategies…
From Classroom to Career: An AI-Enhanced Scaffolded Job Interview Approach in the L2 Classroom
It is widely recognized among language instructors that effective second language teaching involves more than presenting grammar rules and vocabulary in isolation. Instead, meaningful learning develops when instructional activities connect…
The Art of Storytelling to Engage Students
Have you ever connected your lesson with your students to a personal experience or a story you witnessed? If not, you should. Watch the engagement in the students’ eyes as…
AI in Teaching: What the Science of Learning Already Tells Us
Few topics in higher education generate as much debate right now as the role artificial intelligence in all aspects of teaching and learning. Faculty listservs, teaching centers and national conferences…
Leading With Your Heart and Guarding It Too: Lessons on Sustainability from Fifteen Years of School Leadership
Leadership Begins with the Heart For 15 years, I tried to be the kind of school leader I would have wanted, which was one who met everyone’s needs all the…
When an 89.4 Becomes a Crisis: Rethinking Precision in College Grading
The Decimal Point Problem During one of my first semesters teaching introductory biology labs at the college level, a student approached me after class visibly frustrated about a final grade.…
Community-Guided Teaching: Building Relationships Before Course Design
A Relational Framework for Community-Guided Teaching in Higher Education In higher education, many instructors want to include Indigenous perspectives, experiential learning, and community-engaged approaches in their courses, but they are…
They’re Not Lazy: Why Trauma-Informed Teaching Matters in Higher Education
I was that student. I was an adult learner balancing a full-time job, raising children, managing bills, and pursuing a doctoral degree during a global pandemic. Within one year, I…