QR Codes for Quick Student Engagement
In my work supporting faculty, I have learned that professors always appreciate strategies to make their teaching more efficient. Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In…
We Can Do Hard Things: Facilitating Discussions on Social Issues in the Online Classroom
In the age of social media, where ideas are unmediated but often gauged by “likes” and “hearts,” it can be intimidating to try to foster critical thinking in discussions of…
Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure
Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. They may have set goals such as getting a high grade in…
Encouraging Mental Wellness with a Signature Line
Recently, the Surgeon General called for college campuses to “ramp-up” support as students experience more stress and drop out rates increase at colleges (Adedoyin, 2022). Not surprisingly, this call for…
AI Eroding AI? A New Era for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity
As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Will technology induce cheating? How much…
Five Benefits of Classroom Dialogue and One Way to Get Students Talking
The following is a sponsored article from the Constructive Dialogue Institute. At some point, most instructors were once students, so it's easy to relate to sitting in a classroom, listening…
Four Steps to Promote Student Success in College Classrooms
Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. It gives instructors great control over what is taught within a limited time, allowing them to…
The Art and Science of Mentoring Students
Realistic expectations. Generosity with feedback. Active listening. Mentors are not just ordinary people—truly, they can build unique relationships, lift up others around them, and cultivate ways to connect. That is,…
Teaching and Thinking with Technology
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100 million users, setting a new…
Let’s Take a Poll: Working Towards a More Equitable Classroom
Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge…