Helping Students Find their Writing Voice
I woke up when I heard the opening chords of Chopin’s Ballade in F Major. I’d been dozing off, phone in my hand, trying to
Crystal O. Wong, EdD
December 6, 2021
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Articles
An Outsider Looking In: Advocating a Sense of Community for Adjunct Faculty
While checking my university email several weeks after being hired, I beamed with excitement as I read the invitation for my first faculty welcome week
Lauren Mathieu-Frasier
December 3, 2021
Video Killed the Radio Star Text-based Instructional Methods
The challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic have exposed a number of ways in which higher education has lagged behind the rest of society and
Josh Rockey
December 1, 2021
Combating Imposter Syndrome in Academia
The topic of imposter syndrome has been of interest to many in academia, but the discussion has primarily focused on early-career faculty (e.g., Craven, 2014).
Morgan Chapman and Lynne N. Kennette, PhD
November 29, 2021
Everybody Present: Mindfulness in the Classroom
*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on January 4, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Did you know that the average attention span
Kristen Rousch, PhD
November 26, 2021
Master Teachers Are Mindful Teachers
*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 27, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening
Kristen Rousch, PhD
November 24, 2021
The Value of Worksheets for Asynchronous Online Courses
When I began teaching 15 years ago, I came to the profession with the belief that worksheets were an elementary school-level example of lazy teaching.
Meriah L. Crawford, MFA, PhD
November 22, 2021
Student-led Lessons Rather Than Student Presentations
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on February 1, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. There’s no question that students learn an enormous amount
Perry Shaw, EdD
November 19, 2021
Strategies to Elicit Engagement in Online Labs
Nonverbal communication is essential for engaged learning and effective teaching. In-person classes allowed me to assess the effectiveness of my lessons by reading the facial
Adam Aguiar, PhD
November 17, 2021
Six Tips for Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Higher Education Classroom at the Beginning of Each Semester
Collective trauma, in spite of its profound gravity, has granted us an opportunity as educators. Through the devastation of COVID-19 and chaos of various social
Ashley Herr-Perrin
November 15, 2021