Four quick ways to shift students’ attention from life’s distractions to your course content. Source: chronicle.com One of the more challenging aspects to teaching is to start each class in the right way. This means getting students to put aside the conversations that they might be having with friends in the class, or through texting, […]
Read More »We’re tired of sitting silently in the dark, listening to you read the PowerPoint aloud. Source: chroniclevitae.com Note: This essay was written by a group of students taught by Catherine Prendergast, a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Too often we speak of what we think students want. This article reminds […]
Read More »Let me clarify the attributes by elaborating on each in the context of traditional and authentic assessments: Selecting a Response to Performing a Task: On traditional assessments, students are typically given several choices (e.g., a,b,c or d;… Source: jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu With the start of a new semester, it seems like we really focus on how are […]
Read More »Currently, one of the hot topics on our campus is Academic Integrity. If you look at the Office of Undergraduate Studies website you will find many resources telling students what constitutes Academic Integrity, and what the consequences are when students cross the line. 51% of the issues reported last year appear to be about a […]
Read More »Missouri University of Science and Technology Source: certi.mst.edu Over the past year CERTI and EdTech, in partnership with faculty, have worked to create the Teaching Partners program. This program is designed to be a confidential voluntary professional development service coordinated through EdTech and CERTI and trained faculty mentors using collgial peer coaching to improve or […]
Read More »Source: www.duq.edu Feedback has an impact but it’s how you interpret that feedback that can be the most beneficial. This website gives five tips on how you should interpret feedback. It is based on an article written by Connie Buskist and Jan Hogan. One of the best pieces of advice was shared at the latest […]
Read More »Written by Jennifer Friberg, SoTL Scholar-Mentor at Illinois State University Over the last few years, my colleague, Kathleen McKinney, has been adding to a document titled A Sampling of What We Kn… Source: illinoisstateuniversitysotl.wordpress.com Active learning can be a large activity that your class is involved in or it can be as simple as incorporating […]
Read More »Congratulations to Shayna Burchett and Klaus Woelk. Both have been participating in the DELTA (Delivering Experiential Labs to All) project. They have been working on a blended Chemistry redesign for Chemistry 1319 (or the old Chem 2). There efforts were recently recognized by the American Chemical Society. On March 24th, Shayna and Klaus were asked […]
Read More »Congratulations to Amy Skyles! She has worked hard on the DELTA Lab initiative and just recently won the OLC Effective Practice Award. Check out the information on the award here http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/effective_practices/delivering-experiential-labs-all.
Read More »“Metacognitive strategies facilitate learning how to learn. You can incorporate these, as appropriate, into eLearning courses, social learning experiences, pre- and post-training activities and other formal or informal learning experiences.” Source: theelearningcoach.com This article provides ten strategies for incorporating metacognitive strategies into teaching and learning. Ask Questions Foster Self Reflection Encourage Self Questioning Teach Strategies […]
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