The Teaching Professor
Various aspects of the syllabus have been studied, among them issues of tone, its use of images, its length, whether it’s “learner-centered,” and the effects of its being so or ...
I recently had an instructor ask whether the feedback he was about to provide to ...
More than 20 of you responded to our call for sample syllabi by sending yours. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Concerns over group dysfunction continue to worry faculty who use groups and prevent others from using them. We have some research-based evidence as to the problems students experience in groups. ...
I recently had an instructor ask whether the feedback he was about to provide to a student was too harsh. He said the student’s writing was a mess and that ...
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