What is Experiential Education?
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 21, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. For many years, I have tried to explain what
Morten Asfeldt
September 23, 2022
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Course Design
Cultivating Connection in a Course Setting
An important lesson I learned over the years while teaching in academia is that kindness and connection matter in a course. Showing up for students
Stacy Roth
September 14, 2022
Teaching a Course as a Narrative Arc
Tell your class a story. Students will better connect to the instructor and coursework with “stories that both induce feeling and help us to understand
Kent Oswald
August 31, 2022
Using Critical Thinking to Address Implicit Bias
Have you wanted to incorporate current social issues into your course but struggled to do so? Are you looking for unusual ways to introduce the
Diane L. Smith
August 24, 2022
Coteaching: A Formula for Learning From and With Colleagues
Entering into the coteaching realm in higher education can be a daunting, intimidating, and/or bewildering concept. For the purpose of this article, we use the
Eleni Caldwell, EdD, and Debbie French, PhD
August 22, 2022
How Student Learning Can Begin before the First Day of Class
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 21, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. The first time my middle school-aged son attended a
Gary R. Hafer, PhD
August 19, 2022
Syllabus Format May Enhance Understanding of Course Requirements
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 17, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Over the years, course syllabi have evolved from a
Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Alison M. Lietzenmayer, and Mary Lahman
July 1, 2022
Prevent Student Errors with a Self-Paced Syllabus Quiz
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 19, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Around an image of Yoda’s face, block letters urge,
Randy Laist PhD
June 24, 2022
Learning through Examples: Inductive Learning
Imagine that you are a first-year student in a biology course. The goal of today’s class is to describe the topic of biology: What is
Annie Prud’homme-Généreux, PhD
May 9, 2022
Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda
When students first enter your class, whether it be in person or in a virtual setting, what do the students see? Is there anything for
Joanne Ricevuto
April 18, 2022