Diversity and Inclusion Accessible Lecture Materials Accessibility is defined as making something (such as a lecture in a course) usable to as many people as possible.…
Foundations of Learning Active Learning Methods "The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn." - Herbert A. Simon
Teaching Strategies Active Learning Outputs Active learning techniques that create an output or artifact can provide concrete evidence of your students' thinking. (One post of a three-part series.)
Teaching Strategies Active Learning with Student Groups Students working in groups is a common method to increase engagement and activate learning. (One post of a three-part series.)
Teaching Strategies Active Question and Answer Techniques Some simple structures you can use on-the-fly to engage all your learners.
Assessment AI in Higher Ed: Teaching in an Era of ChatGPT and other AI Tools Recent advances in AI tools are being met with both intrigue and consternation in higher education. Consider ideas for using AI to improve and personalize student learning in addition to tips for deterring inappropriate use.
Teaching Strategies Aligning Course Learning Outcomes The process of backward design helps you align sessions and student work with desired learning outcomes, leading to deeper understanding
Assessment Are Graduates Learning What We Want Them to Learn? Assessing student learning involves articulating measurable outcomes, designing measures, and sharing results with stakeholders.
Diversity and Inclusion Becoming an Anti-racist Educator As we strive to push against existing racism, what does it look like to bring anti-racism into our work as educators?
Experiential Learning Before the Semester To communicate the importance of linking their past experiential learning activities to your course, include an explicit learning outcome about it on your syllabus.
Online Learning Being There in Online Courses By intentionally monitoring how you project social presence, you can enhance the sense of community in your online course.
Online Learning Building a Sense of Belonging and Community into an Online Course What is it and why is it important to online learning? Like many aspects of teaching, helping students develop a…
Diversity and Inclusion Checking and Addressing Our Implicit Biases Implicit biases can cause educators to unintentionally alter the way they interact with learners.
Teaching Strategies Collaborating With Learners on Gathering Feedback A feedback team is a small group of students who meet with an instructor throughout a course with the goal of enhancing learning.
Assessment Course Learning Outcomes Learning outcomes identify the specific knowledge and skills that one should be able to do at the end of the course.
Diversity and Inclusion Creating a Course Climate that Enhances Learning Even in the most content-focused course, climate plays a dramatic role in what, how much, and how effectively our students are able to learn.
Foundations of Learning Creating Manageable and Flexible Learning Pathways With Modularization Modularization is a process that extends the idea of modules to offer learners flexible pathways while also continuing to engage them in a purposeful learning experience.
Foundations of Learning Creating Outcomes that Guide Learning Focus on the knowledge and skills that you want students to acquire and be able to demonstrate at the end of a course, rather than on the nature of the content covered
Foundations of Learning Critical Thinking Instruction A critical-thinking attitude and specific skills are as important as the ability to transfer learning among contexts and continually re-consider how one is thinking about a given problem.
Diversity and Inclusion Culturally Inclusive Teaching Strategies We are all shaped by our pasts—our backgrounds inevitably influence what we bring to the moment, how we experience it, and what we can learn from it as individuals.
CATLR Tips and Resources Data Collection and Management for Research on Teaching Get started with good data practices for research in your teaching practice and projects in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Teaching Strategies Deepen Conceptual Understanding Through Writing-to-Learn Informal writing-to-learn activities can support student learning in powerful, process-focused ways.
Assessment Developing Rubrics A rubric communicates expectations for quality. It can be used to introduce, provide feedback on, and grade assignments.
Teaching Strategies Developing Skills and Promoting Skills Transfer Knowledge is not the same as knowledge that is usable in the future. Schooling is most impactful when students regularly transfer what they learn.
CATLR Tips and Resources Developing Teaching & Learning Activities for Grant Proposals, Part 2 Explore key elements of a strong teaching and learning grant proposal, illustrated by annotated excerpts from past proposals.
CATLR Tips and Resources Developing Teaching & Learning Activities for Grant Proposals, Part 1 Design an impactful educational activity with a strong motivation for your grant proposal.
Foundations of Learning Driving Questions That Motivate Learning Learn to generate driving questions that encourage motivation, focus attention, and foster self-directed learning.
Experiential Learning Early Semester Opportunities Linking your course to growth students have done in professional contexts can help them understand your course as a professional setting.
Assessment Early/Midterm Course Feedback Obtain formative course feedback from students in a variety of learning environments.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Christina Agostinelli-Fucile Assistant Teaching Professor Christina Agostinelli-Fucile (CSSH) discusses her use of open educational resources in her Spanish language courses.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Crissy McMartin-Miller To avoid burnout among instructors and to benefit our students, being strategic and scaling back the feedback can be liberating.
Online Learning Educator Spotlight: Darin Detwiler Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean (College of Professional Studies) Darin Detwiler shared strategies for working with students in hybrid-flexible teaching contexts.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: David Fannon Assistant Professor David Fannon (CAMD, COE) discusses integrating student feedback teams and team-based learning into his courses.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: John Bleakney Associate Teaching Professor John Bleakney (COE) discusses creating a safe and open classroom climate.
Online Learning Educator Spotlight: Laurie Nardone An interview with educator Laurie Nardone about her hybrid interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines course.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Lorna Hayward Professor Hayward (Bouvé) discusses service-learning and other ways she engages her students to think holistically.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Mark Sivak Associate Teaching Professor Mark Sivak (CAMD, COE) discusses how the Teaching Fundamentals workshop helped him rethink his courses as well as shares his experience as a CALTR Teaching Inquiry Fellow and CATLR Teaching and Learning Scholar.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Rebeca Rosengaus Associate Professor and Associate Chair Rebeca Rosengaus (COS) discusses fostering inclusivity and diversity among students and faculty in the sciences.
Spotlights Educator Spotlight: Scott Edmiston Department Chair and Professor of the Practice Scott Edmiston (CAMD) discusses developing an assessment plan specific to the Theatre Department.
Teaching Strategies Effective In-Class Demonstrations While we value in-class demonstrations for the vividness of the experience, they can add nothing instructionally unless we ask students to predict the outcome first.
Foundations of Learning Engaging in Self-Care Practices During Midterms and Finals Studies have shown that academic stress is negatively associated with academic performance (Akgun & Ciarrochi, 2003). Self-care practices such as sleep hygiene and social support are associated with reduction in perceived stress (Myers et al., 2012).
Diversity and Inclusion Engaging Learners With Universal Design for Learning Maximize flexibility and increase access for students with the Universal Design for Learning Framework.
Assessment Engaging Students as Producers Through Online Experiential Assignments Empowering students to be producers of online experiential projects increases learners’ engagement, skills, and attention to course concepts.
Foundations of Learning Engaging with Exemplars As experts, we can forget how difficult learning our material for the first time can be, and how many of the foundational aspects of our expertise are in fact not obvious to the novice.
Experiential Learning Exams Since most of us hope that our students will carry their learning out into other contexts, our exam questions can and should reflect this value.
Foundations of Learning Facilitating Discussions Regardless of the size or format, certain factors can influence the extent to which a discussion “works” to deepen learning.
Online Learning Faculty Discuss Online Teaching – Pt. 3 When designing an online course, practical advice from those with experience can be invaluable.
Online Learning Faculty Discuss Online Teaching – Pt. 1 When designing an online course, practical advice from those with experience can be invaluable.
Online Learning Faculty Discuss Online Teaching – Pt. 2 When designing an online course, practical advice from those with experience can be invaluable.
Reflection Faculty Peer Observation and Feedback Teaching is a complex activity, so peer observation and feedback processes must accommodate this complexity to be of greatest service to those who participate.
