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…
To Be a Truly Effective Teacher: Learn Something that is Difficult for You
I have been teaching various levels of reading skills and composition to native and non-native speakers, to immigrants and U.S. citizens, to people with talent and interest, and I have…
The Focus is You: Michelle Pautz
Michelle Pautz, PhD, is an assistant provost for the Common Academic Program and professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton. She shares that being patient with yourself is…
Engaged Gazes: Principles that Online and Flipped Teaching Can Learn From Themed Museum Exhibits
Online instructors have known for some time that the primary work of creating an online course consists of “curation,” which is usually understood to be a matter of selecting and…
Combating the Curve
Lecturing is one of the most traditional methods of teaching in higher education. On any given day, there are hundreds of lectures being delivered in classrooms across college campuses. Lecture,…
Technology in the Classroom
We live in a time of never-before held access to information, which means educators must compete with a wide-ranging array of media for the finite attention of their students’ minds.…
Course Design: Aligning Learning Expectations, Instruction, and Assessment
I found the article, “Testing and Assessment: Looking in the Wrong Places” by Dr. Caristi (Faculty Focus, 11 Sept. 2019) interesting. But, if I am interpreting his arguments correctly, I…
A Look Inside the Teaching Professor Collections
Most of us teaching at the college level like to read. We read professional materials, and we read for pleasure. We know firsthand that much about teaching can be learned…
Implementing Active Learning and Student-Centered Pedagogy in Large Classes
There is a vast pedagogical literature spelling out the benefits of student engagement and active participation (1). A recent meta-analysis study of 225 active learning classes further concludes that “active…