10 Practical Approaches to Teaching
Students from different walks of life converge in a classroom for learning. They have different capabilities and personalities, adding to the diversity that comes with learning institutions. As such, if…
Easy to Implement Strategies for Disabilities in the College Classroom
The teaching process not only involves content knowledge, but also an understanding of teaching and learning principles with insights about different learning needs (note: not the same thing as “learning…
Calling All Online Instructors: There’s a Secret Bonus Level!
Don't I Know You from Somewhere? This whole thing started when I played two video games, one after the other, that I imagine almost no one plays in sequence. My…
A College Scare: Traditions and Stories of Halloween Past
It’s that time of year when spooky stories emerge and haunted traditions appear! From ghost stories to pumpkin-carving competitions, we found a few colleges and professors who have made their…
Increase Student Learning in Only 3 Seconds
I credit my husband as the inspiration for this article. He is a writing professor who is exceptionally good at waiting. He has a unique ability (and probably disturbing to…
Instructional Design Basics
Instructional designers can help with many different course-based problems and challenges, including helping you figure out where and how to start with your course design. When a course is new…
The Lack of Student Attendance: Feed Them Carrots, They Will Come
As a professor who just completed their first academic school year, I was naïve to believe that students regularly attended class. As college students, I thought they would demonstrate a…
Vulnerability in the Classroom
Years ago, when I began my full-time teaching career in the university classroom, I was a mere 27 years old and fresh out of a PhD program. I did not…
The Past Meets the Future: How to Bring Confucian Virtues into Higher Ed with Educational Technology
On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web became public to the world and forever changed the way that ideas move. Although in-person dialogues and interactions are historically significant ways for…
Preparing for the Students You Actually Have in Class—Without the Assumptions
Today's enrollment trends present an opportunity for faculty to engage an incredibly diverse student body. But to support all of our students, we may need to adjust our thinking about…