Teaching HyFlex: It’s a Genre Problem
I came home from my second day of teaching my “HyFlex” class (some students in the classroom and others on Zoom) utterly discouraged. Despite my efforts at planning activities that…
Part Two of Practical Mid-Career Teaching Reflections: Classroom Activities Throughout the Semester
One-minute papers have deservedly become one of the more common classroom activities deployed by teachers. This is consistent with Lang’s (2016a) perspective that “frequent low-stakes writing assignments constitute one of…
An Anti-Racist Form of Assessment: The C.A.P Model: Creative. Academic. Practical.
Some profess that teaching is both an art and a science (Berliner, 1986, as cited in Marzano, 2007; Weisman, 2012). Well-honed pedagogies developed through deliberate practice, as well as knowledge…
Five Easy Ideas that Build Bridges to Your Online Learners
As an online instructor with many students, it is challenging to remember details about every learner who has passed through my virtual classroom. But there are some whom I will…
Part One of Practical Mid-Career Teaching Reflections: Early Week Classroom Activities
With PhD in hand, I joined the academy without any real teaching training. As I sought to establish my teaching routine and define my teaching philosophy, I found an author…
Now More Than Ever: Why Collaborative Grading Works, Even Online
Over the previous decade, researchers have made the case that engaging students in metacognition improves learning outcomes for students across fields (Zhao et al, 2014; Yeager & Dweck, 2012; Anderson,…
Embracing Change Without Breaking Stride: Seven Strategies to be an Adaptive Instructor
The pandemic took us all by surprise, and it completely turned our education world upside down. Without many options, instructors had to make extreme adaptations to their instruction to continue…
Keeping Students Engaged: How to Rethink Your Assessments Amidst the Shift to Online Learning
Keeping students engaged in course content is a challenge for all faculty, whether a legacy online teaching pro or a newbie to this space. Perhaps you’re a faculty member who…
Put Yourself in Their Shoes: How to Check in with Students in an Online Learning Environment
Exhaustion, fear, panic, the unknown...these are common words that educators have repeatedly expressed since COVID-19 appeared in early spring. Many K-12 and university courses have had to move completely online…
Encouraging Student Engagement During Synchronous Meetings: Preventing Midterm Drop-Off
Some students become busy, overwhelmed, or unmotivated by the middle of the semester. This phenomenon has become even more apparent with COVID-19 protocols. Which is why building a community of…