The Teaching Professor
In many courses, students struggle to master the technical language of the discipline. The meaning of new terms is usually not obvious or intuitive. Moreover, the words describe concepts and ...
Please show me innovative teaching strategies I can actually use! As educators, we are often seeking ...
Good teaching requires a special blend of the personal and the professional. Although there’s a ...
Self-assessment is important for effective learning. Students who are skilled at examining their own thought ...
TED Talks have come to represent the pinnacle of effective presentations. They are concise, engaging, ...
One of the things I am enjoying most about the new online format for The ...
Chances are you have a Learning Management System (LMS) like Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, or Moodle ...
I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ ...
Most online courses have what we call “traditional discussions,” which follow the read-write-post (and perhaps ...
When online instructors and instructional designers work together to develop a course, communication is often ...
I believe my capacity for empathy is an essential part of my teaching persona. For ...
One of the goals of professional programs is to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving ...
In August 2017, Inside Higher Ed featured an article describing a controversial “stress reduction policy” ...
Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?
Copyright law can be a complex and confusing area. Different rules apply to different types of content, so when designing courses, teachers must have a grasp on the legal limits for copyrighted content and intellectual property. Watch Now »
For some time now, students in my first-year biology course have been protesting that I’m ...
My wiper blades needed to be replaced. I hate these kinds of tasks; they make ...
Intellectual messiness is one of those perfect descriptors. I’m not sure where it originated, but I do like it, probably because messiness abounds in my mind. I have been frustrated ...
Chances are you have a Learning Management System (LMS) like Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, or Moodle at your school. But how do you use it? The findings from a recent survey ...
“Students’ success as learners would advance if they had a larger repertoire of study strategies, if they could match study strategies with learning tasks, and if they constructively confronted how they studied with how they performed.”
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