Taking Your Classes Online in a Flash
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A Four-Step Plan: The First Day of Class on Zoom
Creating a vibrant community is always on my mind, so the very first thing I do on the first day of class is pass around a tray of cookies and…
Turning Hardships into Strengths: Advancing Learning During COVID-19
In spring 2020 the world faced an unprecedented emergency situation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Many instructors who normally teach face-to-face had to pivot overnight to teach remotely. There was little…
Enhancing Online Course Discussions through Conference Roles and Blogs
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. The discussion forum plays a central role in our online graduate-level, advanced research methods course, providing opportunities for…
Recording and/or Writing? Weighing the Benefits of Reflective Practices
Let’s come right out with it: Reflecting about learning is a commendable practice that should be embedded into any learning experience! For both teachers and students, reflecting is an important…
Giving Students an Individualized Experience in Online Learning: Staying Connected while Disconnected
“No combination of words can put together the feeling of relief, comfort and gratitude I have towards your course and your fantastic TAs.” –Student comment, Spring 2020 As universities across…
Getting Your Students to Engage with Course Readings
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when you ask them to engage…
The Unessay Experiment: Moving Beyond the Traditional Paper
I said to myself in spring of 2019, after reading through the final papers for a class, “I cannot read another history research paper.” I was done. While some papers…
A Starter Activity to Begin Any Class
What can you implement in your classes that can review content, establish a foundation for the day’s topic, encourage student participation, and get students prepared for the day’s activities? Whether…
A Virtual Conference with Songs, Dragons, and Two-Minute Breaks
A song of the day. Dungeons & Dragons. Foldable, flap notes. Plickers. This is only a glimpse of the tactics the 2020 Teaching Professor Virtual Conference covers. Here, I provide…