October 5, 2020 Mounia Mnouer, PhD
Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) are spaces that allow for improving one’s pedagogy, seeking intellectual stimulation, meeting other colleagues who are interested in similar topics, or simply fulfilling service duties…
October 2, 2020 Jill Abney and Trey Conatser
The perfect class discussion can feel like something of an alchemy. From the instructor’s preparation to the students’ personalities, many ingredients can enable or challenge the social construction of…
September 30, 2020 Katy Dumelle
Having clear insight into students’ thinking and where there might be gaps in their understanding of a topic is incredibly valuable. It allows a skilled instructor to adjust their…
September 28, 2020 Susan Spangler PhD
In preparation for the coming semester, a faculty member recently asked me how to change deadlines on the LMS to midnight on a given day. After helping the professor,…
September 25, 2020 Margot M. Craven, MFA, EdM
“One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever” – Linda Lambert Despite alterations to our teaching during spring of 2020, the one aspect that remained intact was…
September 23, 2020 Mike Massey
It’s what is considered dead week—the week before final exams. Most of my students are exhibiting familiar signs of stress, looking tired and overwhelmed, and retreating to their phones…
September 21, 2020 Jessica Evans
One of the perks of teaching online is that there are so many great tools that make facilitating an online course easier. For example, not having to manually grade…
September 18, 2020 Flower Darby
Online classes, by their very nature as distance learning experiences, present barriers to student engagement and learning. These barriers are a primary reason that we see low student engagement…
In Effective Teaching Strategies, Online Education
September 16, 2020 Darina M. Slattery, PhD
The primary focus of any instruction should be to focus on the learning outcomes or capabilities you are trying to achieve. Bloom (1956, 1964) identified three types of learning…
In Effective Classroom Management
September 14, 2020 T. Scott Bledsoe, PsyD, and Kimberly A. Setterlund, MSW, LCSW
When I think about diversity here in college, I can hear myself saying “What if? What if I could go back and talk to my undergrad professors and my…
