The Teaching Professor
More than 20 of you responded to our call for sample syllabi by sending yours. Thank you! It may not be a stratified random sample, but your collection represents many ...
Dear Student, As a new academic term gets into gear, there is a good chance you ...
All communication begins with grabbing your listener’s attention, something that everyone instinctively understands. A marriage ...
Our reader-submitted collection of syllabi and ideas about them contains any number of interesting ways ...
Online faculty have numerous options for creating graphic, video, and website content. But Adobe Spark ...
It’s almost impossible to read blogs, articles, even books on teaching without seeing a multitude ...
For a variety of reasons, we’re starting this year with a series on the syllabus. ...
One of the challenges online learners face is sustaining motivation over the duration of the ...
What makes some teachers more effective than others? Throughout my teaching career, I have asked numerous ...
Open education resources (OER) are gathering more and more interest in higher education as the ...
Snapchat is probably the most popular social media app among those under 30. What distinguishes ...
Among teachers’ biggest worries about trying to incorporate humor into their classes are that no ...
Like birthdays, anniversaries are occasions for reflection, and as I approach the fifth anniversary of ...
Beyond Syllabus Practices: What Strategies Help Students Take Responsibility for Learning?
This 20-minute session presents classroom strategies to encourage students to become better learners and not engage in unproductive behaviors. Watch Now »
I sometimes worry that we don’t think about the syllabus as expansively and creatively as ...
The writing style of the standard syllabus is frequently flat, emotionless, and formulaic. It's made ...
The academic year begins again—new courses and new collections of students in them. One of the best parts of our profession is this regular opportunity to start over, to begin ...
All communication begins with grabbing your listener’s attention, something that everyone instinctively understands. A marriage proposal does not begin with the speaker opening a PowerPoint presentation, providing an outline of ...
“I want my students to experience a pedagogy of wholeness and interconnectedness that allows us to uncover deeper truths about our inner self, our fellow human beings, and our world. Serendipitous discovery is at once the force for inspired teaching and the alluring epiphany behind self-sustained learning.”
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