The Emotional Variable in Student Learning
“I am just terrible at writing,” she says. “I have always been terrible at writing. I just cannot write well. That is why my grades are terrible.” This remark is…
Course Content and Course Assignments: Considerations to Help with Student Plagiarism
Student plagiarism occurs in different disciplines and in all years of study (Holt, 2012; Wang, 2008). Plagiarism in colleges and universities is concerning (MacLennan, 2018). Cummings et al. (2002) report…
Teaching with Paradox: A Pedagogical Strategy for Thriving in the Pandemic Classroom
As we begin another semester in which pandemic stress activates fight or flight responses, we may ask ourselves, Will we find a way in which our anxieties about teaching and…
Why Am I So Tired? Reflections on Compassion Fatigue
It goes beyond tired, doesn’t it? It feels like exhaustion—physical and psychological. Perhaps you are not sleeping or eating well. Perhaps you have bouts of feeling hopeless, powerless, irritable, angry,…
Building a Social and Emotional Learning Community for Our Students
In a world where the need for social and emotional learning is of utmost importance, it is imperative for college and university faculty to get to know, connect with, and…
Using Courage, Compassion, and Connection to Combat Disconnection
In the fall of 2018 in the United States, there were roughly 19,600,000 students enrolled in distance education courses (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022). Understandably, when the COVID-19 pandemic…
Engaging Students at a Deeper Level
In his personal writings, Marcus Aurelius wrote, “People who labor all their lives but have no purpose are wasting their time—even when hard at work.” At a point in our…
Refresh Your Enthusiasm for Teaching and Recharge Your Skills at the Teaching Professor Conference
Are you ready to devote three days to recharge your batteries and level up your classroom competence? At the Teaching Professor Conference you'll meet with peers and educational leaders who…
Big Time Magic: Creative Writing Pedagogy in the Accelerated Learning Program Classroom
Quick: what is your favorite class to teach? Chances are this is not a particularly tough question for most faculty to answer. If you are like many teachers, the subjects…
Waking up to Tired Teaching
This article is part of The Path to Wellbeing: Overcoming Burnout and Reigniting Your Teaching special report. Download a FREE copy here. I have been wanting to do a blog…