Getting Your Students to Engage with Course Readings
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when
Fiona Hunt, MLIS
July 24, 2020
Articles
The Unessay Experiment: Moving Beyond the Traditional Paper
I said to myself in spring of 2019, after reading through the final papers for a class, “I cannot read another history research paper.” I
Jodie N. Mader, PhD
July 22, 2020
A Starter Activity to Begin Any Class
What can you implement in your classes that can review content, establish a foundation for the day’s topic, encourage student participation, and get students prepared
Laura Schisler, PhD
July 20, 2020
A Virtual Conference with Songs, Dragons, and Two Minute Breaks
A song of the day. Dungeons & Dragons. Foldable, flap notes. Plickers. This is only a glimpse of the tactics the 2020 Teaching Professor Virtual
Tierney King
July 17, 2020
Dancing Away in Our Own Little Boxes
“Okay, anyone have any questions? . . . No? Then let’s do it with the music. We’ll start the combination to the right.” The instructor,
Tara Munjee, PhD, CMA
July 15, 2020
Synchronous Strategies for the “New Normal”
Connecting with students is one of the most rewarding aspects of a professor’s job. Some faculty hesitate to teach online, frequently offering the rationale: “I
Zahir I. Latheef
July 13, 2020
Using Breakout Rooms with Less Stress and Better Results
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. “What are we supposed to be doing?” said every student at least once
Illysa Izenberg
July 10, 2020
One List to Rule Us All: The Benefits of Unified Writing Guidelines
Many years after graduating with our undergraduate degrees, we can still remember the stress of being a student. One lesson that stands out from those
Diana Jacobs, PhD, and Trisha Prunty
July 8, 2020
Seven Things That Worked in My Online Class
Last spring, my college, like so many other schools, made a dramatic mid-semester pivot from face-to-face instruction to online classes. It was trial by fire
Lisa Lawmaster Hess
July 6, 2020
Three Ways to Use Student Feedback to Improve Your Course
You just submitted grades and you’re getting ready to teach again. You remember how your classes went, but each time you start planning, you wonder
Crystal O. Wong, EdD
July 3, 2020
