…It is common practice for professors to provide explicit instructions and grading rubrics to students. However, overly-comprehensive instructions can stifle creativity, hinder independence, and actually lower motivation (Reeve, 2009; Robertson,…
…in the classroom can be done on Zoom, examples include: Think-pair-share, scaffolding, demonstrations, group projects, and monitoring exams. The breakout rooms help make these activities possible. Ideas below are examples…
…students can meet with me to discuss course content and ask questions. While not every student takes advantage of the office hours, publishing their availability communicates to students that I…
…messaging in order to ensure consistency and accuracy. Unfortunately, one ancillary effect was to make free and unrestricted communication with faculty much more challenging for those attempting to forge community…
…is time consuming to complete, and both were developed for use by faculty in classrooms. Having students complete either of these instruments after an exam when they did not do…
…of these challenging students, each one a unique individual, but many displaying the same counterproductive attitudes and actions. Descriptions of these students come much more easily than solutions to what’s…
…passion for a discipline ignites, and where experts’ best ideas originate. These often-overlooked dimensions of learning are also where empathy lives, and so it is there that knowledge might blossom…
…vulnerability; and avoid burnout and the temptation to become cynical, by maintaining commitment to one’s vocation. Passion is needed to care for yourself (physically, mentally and spiritually) in order to…
