Transforming Asynchronous Learning Spaces
I don’t know any of my students. For 20 years, in our experience learning and teaching online, we knew no one. Like a chapter out of Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible…
Applying Vedic Techniques to Online Learning
Often students are unaware that education is a journey from the external to the internal: From information to knowledge and from knowledge to realization. As educators, we naturally study educational…
Classroom Cognition: The Science of Learning in Lecture
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on April 8, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Students often put in a great deal of time and energy into…
Student Engagement Strategies: Encouraging Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Engagement in Your Course
Some of the most satisfying moments in teaching are when your students are engaged, when they are deeply absorbed in the material and they are contributing thoughtfully; however, this type…
Why I Went from Proctored Exams to Open-book
March 2020 was a whirlwind. When COVID-19 was first discussed in the news, many of us had no idea what the impact would be. Some of us assumed we would…
The Joys of Musical Breakout Rooms
As we head into another semester run by the little pandemic that could, some of us are heading back into classrooms, others are teaching from home, and the rest of…
Ten Tips for a Great Professional Development Statement
A statement of intellectual development is a required part of tenure dossiers at most colleges and universities (Boyce & Aguilera, 2021; Vega & Hengartner, 2021). It’s the most important part…
Lights, Camera, Student Action – A Novel Way to Teach and Learn About Leadership
The importance of leadership knowledge and skills in one’s professional and personal life cannot be overstated. Development of leadership capabilities can have a positive impact on a student’s personal and…
Keys to Designing Effective Writing and Research Assignments
Professors often believe students should arrive on campus knowing how to write research papers. Unfortunately, many do not. Download this free report for proven assignment strategies that are easy to implement.
Seven Strategies for Embracing the Emotional Labor of Teaching
While attending a student success workshop a few years ago and gaining strategies to connect with students, I thought, “What about how hard I work just to be friendly and…