It’s Been a Privilege: A Series of Successful Teaching Techniques
It’s been a privilege to teach over some two decades, and during that time, I’ve found a series of techniques that were successful in the classroom. Here, I will outline…
UDL and 21st Century Learning
Put simply, “people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone” (Mayer, 2005). Multimedia theory posits the idea that people’s brains more effectively integrate new information when…
2,700 Minutes: How to Make the Most of Your Office Hours
Most faculty schedule at least three office hours per week—that’s 2,700 minutes a semester. If you have 135 students, that’s 20 minutes for each student. Even if you have 270…
The Focus is You: Thomas Pfaff
Thomas Pfaff, PhD, is a professor of mathematics at Ithaca College. Pfaff's primary scholarly work includes incorporating sustainability ideas into mathematics courses, where he maintains a blog on the subject.…
Emergency Takeover: 4 Tips for Taking Over a Course Midway
Unexpected circumstances can strike at any time, taking faculty away from their teaching duties before the end of a semester. Often, other faculty to have to step in to finish…
UDL: A Powerful Framework
Increasingly, instructors at the college level are called upon to create classroom learning experiences that can be characterized using terms like academically rigorous, accessible, differentiated, trauma-sensitive, inclusive, culturally relevant, and…
Using Interviews to Assess and Mentor Students
Have you considered adding five-minute student interviews to your teaching tool kit? Before you calculate how long it would take to interview all of your students and dismiss this idea…
What’s on Your Bib? Annotated Bibliographies, Changing by Degrees
The purpose of this article is to present an overview of why annotated bibliographies are needed in higher education, especially in doctoral education programs. The necessity for emerging scholars to…
Pedagogies of Online Welcome
October 21, 2019, was a golden day for those interested in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Somehow, across a variety of teaching and learning platforms, several educators were…
Kicking the Paint Bucket Down the Road: Checking in with Our Learners
Decades ago, a new employee was hired to paint stripes on the side and middle of a road. This was before automated machines, and thus the stripes were painted by…