The Value of Chit-Chat in Higher Education
Remember the “good ol’ days?” How often did you walk down a hallway of your academic unit and pass a student, faculty or staff member, or administrator and have a…
Building a Virtual Equity-Driven Learning Community
One of the biggest challenges I have as an educator in interior design is to prepare all of my students for success in an industry with no shortage of inherent…
Boosting Student Motivation Through Connected Reflection
Universities are mandated to be the ultimate “learning culture,” powered by faculty who embody lifelong learning. We know that reflection is essential to learning; it’s the foundation of “continuous improvement,”…
Tell Your Students You Love Them, Appropriately
If you ask an instructor, “Do you love your students?” some, maybe many, would agree that they do. If not, you might ask them about qualities of love: Do you…
Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy to Elevate Discussion Boards in Online Courses
The discussion board is certainly not new to the online classroom. In fact, some may argue that the discussion board is one of the most well-known and used tools in…
Re-envisioning Online Course Revision
The events of 2020 have highlighted the benefits of change-adept teaching in higher education, particularly online. Change-adept teaching involves skill in changing one’s approach to meet students’ needs and flexibility…
Enhancing Student Engagement and Interaction with Online Digital Tools
Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, there has been an increased focus on distance education. Here, we cover digital tools that educators might consider in enhancing student…
Pandemic Learning: Connecting Through Book Groups
One of the wonders of teaching is the chance to be an active explorer: we get to experiment, take risks, and try new things. With the abrupt shift to online…
What Students Want: A Simple, Navigable LMS Course Design
One of the most important tools instructors have to help establish a productive remote learning experience is one that we do not always talk about: the learning management system (LMS).…
Media Literacy in a Post-Pandemic World
All it took was an international pandemic to help finally get media literacy into the educational system. If only we had gotten a better head start years ago. Those of…