New Role for Academics: Guardians of Lives
During a recent physical, my doctor informed me that my blood pressure was off the charts. She asked if I was experiencing stress. I thought,
Mary Hoeft
December 4, 2020
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Philosophy of Teaching
Building Self-Efficacy: How to Feel Confident in Your Online Teaching
Now that we are into the realities of teaching in a COVID-world, I keep hearing similar sentiments from my colleagues, something to the effect of,
Jill Lassiter, EdD
December 2, 2020
Embracing Change Without Breaking Stride: Seven Strategies to be an Adaptive Instructor
The pandemic took us all by surprise, and it completely turned our education world upside down. Without many options, instructors had to make extreme adaptations
Jessica Evans
November 11, 2020
The Word “Flow” Has to Go
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s 1980 book Metaphors We Live By famously catalogued the way metaphors influence the way we think, speak, and act. Some
Daniel Couch
November 2, 2020
From Helpless to Satisfied: Rise Up in Your Teaching with Lessons from Hamilton
As we begin teaching this fall semester, we continue to face unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Many of us have been forced
Donald A. Saucier, PhD, and Tucker L. Jones, MS
October 21, 2020
Teaching Philosophies: Your Teaching Soul in Document Form
Recently, I was asked to work with faculty on, among other things, writing teaching philosophies. During preparation for the workshop, I reviewed my own teaching
Judy Schulze, EdS
June 12, 2020
Like the Phoenix: Finding New Life in an Online Course
It was Friday, March 12, 2020—the end of a long week of “What Ifs.” What if Covid-19 spreads across the U.S.? What if our university
Mary Hoeft
May 18, 2020
Mindfulness in the (Online) Classroom
As a teacher of writing and mindfulness, I often use cross-genre approaches in my classrooms. For my writing classrooms, that might mean simple breath work,
Aurora D. Bonner
April 20, 2020
Leading Our Classes Through Times of Crisis with Engagement and PEACE
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has caused a fast and radical shift across colleges and universities to remote and online teaching models. As such, our face-to-face
Donald A. Saucier, PhD, and Tucker L. Jones, MS
March 25, 2020
The Four Agreements in Academia
While I have read the book The Four Agreements five times, I had not perused this book since I accepted a professorship in 2012. When
Emily Faulconer, PhD
March 9, 2020