The First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 19, 2015. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. There’s only one first day of class. Here are some ideas for taking advantage…
Using Critical Thinking to Address Implicit Bias
Have you wanted to incorporate current social issues into your course but struggled to do so? Are you looking for unusual ways to introduce the concepts of social justice and…
Coteaching: A Formula for Learning From and With Colleagues
Entering into the coteaching realm in higher education can be a daunting, intimidating, and/or bewildering concept. For the purpose of this article, we use the term coteaching without the hyphen…
How Student Learning Can Begin before the First Day of Class
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 21, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. The first time my middle school-aged son attended a Major League ballgame, he was…
Building Student Confidence in Oral Communication: The Importance of Low-stakes Presentations
Most students dread presentations. Every time I start a new semester, and I announce that presentations are a requirement, the fear and tension in the room rises and becomes palpable.…
The College Tour Brings Equity Decision-making into the Classroom
Every now and then the worlds of entertainment and education collide, producing something magical for both teachers and students; a moment where learning and personal growth is seamlessly achieved by…
Finding the Positive: Your Mental Health and Wellbeing Matter
If you’re at any stage of burnout in your own life, know that you are not alone. Whether you’re at stage one or stage nine or stage 12, it’s okay…
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Setting Up an Online Course to Save Time!
Faculty in higher education have found themselves with more classes, more students, and overall less time and methods for saving time. Therefore, using time more efficiently has become necessary to…
Formula-Work-Answer-Explanation (FWAE): A Teaching and Learning Strategy
In his seminal text, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest Boyer (1990) directed attention to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Those faculty who successfully engage in SoTL…
Low-Risk Strategies to Promote Active Learning in Large Classes
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 7, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Faculty who teach large classes confront the long-existing challenge of making their lectures more…