Dancing Away in Our Own Little Boxes
“Okay, anyone have any questions? . . . No? Then let’s do it with the music. We’ll start the combination to the right.” The instructor, Julie, ducked off camera while…
Transform Your Students’ Online Learning Environment with Resources, Apps, and Games
Creating an online classroom environment that engages, teaches, and supports students is no easy feat. But it's definitely not an impossible one. Here, we provide tools, links, and resources for…
Synchronous Strategies for the “New Normal”
Connecting with students is one of the most rewarding aspects of a professor’s job. Some faculty hesitate to teach online, frequently offering the rationale: “I want to connect with my…
Using Breakout Rooms with Less Stress and Better Results
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. “What are we supposed to be doing?” said every student at least once in a breakout room. Small…
One List to Rule Us All: The Benefits of Unified Writing Guidelines
Many years after graduating with our undergraduate degrees, we can still remember the stress of being a student. One lesson that stands out from those years: if a student had…
Seven Things That Worked in My Online Class
Last spring, my college, like so many other schools, made a dramatic mid-semester pivot from face-to-face instruction to online classes. It was trial by fire for instructors and students alike.…
Three Ways to Use Student Feedback to Improve Your Course
You just submitted grades and you’re getting ready to teach again. You remember how your classes went, but each time you start planning, you wonder what your students thought about…
Non-Traditional Readings: A Piece of Pandemic Pedagogy
On Friday, March 13th, I received the email. In response to the rising coronavirus pandemic, we were moving to one week of online instruction. Five days later, one week became…
The Emergency Campaign: Discord, D&D, and Distance Learning
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Dr_Tom 🎲 Dungeon Master (DM): Not every DM plays the villain. That's not my style. I prefer to…
Helping Students Develop Digital Content Curation Skills
In our 24/7, always-connected world where we are inundated with information from all sides, the ability to identify quality resources to inform our research and actions has become a major…