…Teaching Center Coordinator; trying to motivate faculty to move beyond lecture and PPT. Reaching students in a meaningful way in the online environment. Administrative pressures about student retention and students…
…Middendorf, Joan, and Elizabeth Osborn. “Learning Student Names.” Bloomington: Indiana University, 2012. June 12, 2016 http://citl.indiana.edu/files/pdf/Lecture_Learning_Names.pdf Mitchell, Charles. “Short Course in International Business Culture.” Novato: World Trade Press, 1999. Nichole…
…exam and explaining the addition of a new assignment to redress what so many of them didn’t know. We were in a windowless room and as I finished the lecture…
…video lecture, when you post announcements, or when students post on a discussion board. That lag in response time kills the momentum of a back-and-forth discussion and can sometimes lead…
…Slow to Change the Way We Teach? Many aspects of teaching—lecture, course design, assignments, and grading—have changed little over the years. The question is, “Why?” 10. Backward Design, Forward Progress…
…lecture, and the relatively new interest in evidence-based teaching and cognitive psychology. “When we first started the newsletter, the focus in higher education was on teaching,” she said “We thought…
…the center of gravity of a class from the lecture to the discussion. The design of a traditional classroom with desks facing the instructor embodies the assumption that students are…
…strengths. We can use too much humor or too many active learning activities, lecture too much, and give too much feedback. This post is giving the impression that a teacher’s…
