…club to work in teams to design projects of their own creation. For example, our physics club tackled a four week long workshop on building a robot. The officers in…
…and concludes the lesson. Thank-you notes also merge mindfulness with reflective teaching. In taking the time to reflect on our practice by reconnecting with learners, we communicate what Schoeberlein and…
…available in order to design emotions into our classes.” Flower Darby Audio is another influential tool. In audio recordings, speakers’ vocal intonations, inflection, pauses, and accents can help guide a…
…the document. They could revise it so that it directly applies to the activity they will complete together. The importance of the document could be underscored by having students sign…
…The faculty member’s role in this context becomes the “guide on the side”—a facilitator of learning, a coach for excellence. The faculty member must move in the direction of becoming…
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Prior to every course, faculty should consider how they can connect with their students. Building rapport with students…
We live in a time of never-before held access to information, which means educators must compete with a wide-ranging array of media for the finite attention of their students’ minds….
…to learning and studying from textbooks. Although it took my students time and practice to master this method, it has been valuable in regards to preparing students for more content-driven…
