Is this the KEY to student engagement? 🔑
Hello again! Before we get into this week's newsletter about active learning, I wanted to let you know about a new active learning deck that is available. This deck was crea...
facultyfocus.com-Beyond Memorization Strategies for Long-Term Retention.pdf
844: The Bowtie President - with Dr. Tim Cook, President, Clackamas Community College
Want to gain insights from a first-generation college president on how to lead with empathy & understanding?
Want to explore the innovative programs & services community colleges are implementing to support student success?
Want to get a glimpse into the future of community colleges & how they will continue to serve their communities?
How to Teach in Active Learning Spaces, with Kem Saichaie – Teaching in Higher Ed
Kem Saichaie talks about how to teach in active learning spaces on episode 509 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Let's "get moving" on the fifth active learning pillar 🏃
Hello! Welcome to the fifth pillar in the series Pillars of Active Learning. If you missed the previous weeks, you can catch up here: Re-imagining the lecture as the final fr...
How Curiosity Can Transform Lives and Change the World, with Scott Shigeoka – Teaching in Higher Ed
Scott Shigeoka shares about his book SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World on episode 508 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Are you curious about the next active learning pillar? 🙈
Hello again – Welcome to the fourth pillar in the series Pillars of Active Learning. If you missed the previous weeks, you can catch up here: Re-imagining the lecture as th...
Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It | Cult of Pedagogy
You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park. Then you ask a question students should know the answer to … and nothing. What's going on?
Reflection, Curiosity and Psychological Safety with Liz Norell
In this conversation, Liz and I discuss several important UDL ideas including reflection and how to incorporate that into our classes and how beneficial it is for our own learning. We also discuss …
chronicle.com-How to help students who lack critical reading skills.pdf
Higher Education for All (Including Those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities), with Tamara (Tami) Shetron – Teaching in Higher Ed
Tamara (Tami) Shetron shares a vision of higher education for all (including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities on episode 507 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Episode 149: Designing Lectures to Encourage Students to Move from Passive Consumers to Active Participants with Dr. Michael Strawser
Episode 149: Designing Lectures to Encourage Students to Move from Passive Consumers to Active Participants with Dr. Michael Strawser
🪄 Captivating Student Attention - A lesson in micro-lessons
Hello! Welcome to the third pillar in the series Pillars of Active Learning. If you missed the previous weeks, you can catch up here: Re-imagining the lecture as the final fr...
chronicle.com-How and why to tell students your academic-failure story.pdf
How to Use High Structure Course Design to Heighten Learning, with Justin Shaffer – Teaching in Higher Ed
Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Faculty Focus Live Podcast
Where we bring instructors and teachers inspiration, energy, and creative strategies that they can utilize in their everyday teaching.
Teaching-Excellence-Through-Mindful-Reflection.pdf
insidehighered.com-The question you should always ask about others opinion.pdf
A recent Inside Higher Ed article reported that college counseling centers have experienced an increase in the number of students who report trauma histories. In many instances, students who have experienced trauma do need the support of mental health professionals, but the truth is that our counseling colleagues can’t alone do the work of supporting students through trauma.
The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment
For us, assessment is so much more. It is how we help students recognize where they are and how far they have come.
It's all about the process
The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai
How to Get Started with Equity-Minded Teaching: Interview with Isis Artze-Vega - OneHE
In this video James M Lang talks to Isis Artze-Vega about what equity-minded teaching means and how to implement it into your teaching.
Podcast: The role of faculty in student success
Jody Greene, associate campus provost for academic success at the University of California, Santa Cruz, discusses the faculty’s responsibility to engage in student success work.
Want to hear about when I goofed up.pdf
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326. UDL in Action – tea for teaching
Zoom Clips now generally available, bringing more flexibility to asynchronous work
Zoom Clips helps make it easy to record, edit, and share video internally and externally
Discrimination exacerbates student mental health challenges
In its 2024 annual report, Penn State’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health highlights the correlation between discrimination and mental health challenges.
chronicle.com-How to get your students to engage with one another.pdf
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Learning in a Time of Abundance, with Dave Cormier – Teaching in Higher Ed
Dave Cormier shares about his new book, Learning in a Time of Abundance, on episode 502 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
insidehighered.com-Never Enough and roots of our student mental health crisis.pdf
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🖇️ The Increasing Role of AI in Academics
Explore how schools today are adopting the tools of tomorrow