Building an Effective Online Doctoral Program
Online learning has exploded over the past decade. According to the National Center for Education statistics, in the 2018-2019 school year, 16.3 percent of college students were enrolled exclusively…
Teaching with Care: Why Community is at the Heart of Successful Pedagogy
Checking on whether my students in a recent class were understanding some thorny content, I did a quick survey and was heartened to receive engaged feedback from class participants. For…
Use Revise and Resubmit Instead of Extra Credit
Many faculty provide extra credit or give in to student requests for extra credit, but this is not always an efficient way to produce learning. The major problem with extra…
An Integrative Approach to Student Understanding and Learning
Our primary role as educators is to create learning environments that service a diverse student body. To be successful, this environment should focus on the ability of the student to…
Adult Learners Need More Instructional Support
Expectations of adult learners are generally high. They are assumed to be naturally focused, motivated, and self-directed. While this may be true, some adult students still need significant encouragement and…
How to Implement Active Learning Strategies and Activities Into Your Classroom
Most of us think we know what active learning is. The word engagement quickly comes to mind. Or, we describe what it isn’t: passive learning. Definitions also abound, the one…
Trauma-Informed Teaching: How to Be More Intentional with Course Policies, LMS, and Scaffolding Feedback
In higher education, administrators and educators are constantly rethinking how to further help students best retain course information. Recently, many have focused their attention to brain-based learning since there’s a…
Shuffle the Deck: Establishing a Sense of Belonging
During most of my 36 years of being a teacher, I have found that there has been something almost magical about being physically in a classroom with my students. The…
How Leaders Get Through Tough Times: Six Strategies for Building Resilience
Tough times are no stranger to higher education—financial challenges, enrollment declines, mental health issues, and the erosion of tenure to name just a few. If these issues have become the…
Considering Media Affordances When Designing STEM Hands-on Activities
It is well known that hands-on activities are an inseparable part of the nature of science. Experiments allow learners to understand and engage in a process of constructing knowledge by…