The ICT Blog
Strategies for Encouraging Self-Directed Learning
Today’s college graduates must be able to think critically and creatively, and be able to communicate and collaborate effectively. Twenty-first century teaching and learning must be focused on more...
What is the impact of the Taxonomy of Significant Learning?
How much impact has the work of Dee Fink and the Taxonomy of Significant Learning had on higher education teaching and learning? A quick google search for just the term, "Taxonomy of Significant...
Our love/hate relationship with learning outcomes
Recently, I've been talking at conferences and campuses about intentional course design - the kind of course design that taps into our passions and reminds us why we love teaching. Any good course...
Bringing joy back into teaching this year
Emergency remote teaching, social justice awakenings, efforts to quiet diversity and equity efforts, accountability demands, questions about the very value of higher education, and now...generative...
How do learning outcomes make you feel?
How do you feel when it's time to talk about or write your course learning outcomes? Do you feel excited? Energized and ready to pull out a list of measurable learning outcome verbs? Or, do you take...
Productivity Hacks for Academics
The start of a new year is a great time for introspection about our habits and processes, and for adjusting or renewing our patterns. Academics have unique challenges in terms of work productivity....
The Art of Gathering Applied to the College Classroom
"It just feels different in my classes." "We are back, but it doesn't feel like we are back together." Versions of these sentiments can be heard across college campuses this fall. Students are back...
Tips to Regain Attention in the Active Learning Classroom
How to re-establish attention after group work in a college class When using active learning and engaging students in group discussions, the classroom can get noisy very quickly. For example, asking...
Transforming your Syllabus with an equity-mindset: Part II
In a previous post, Transforming Your Syllabus with an Equity Mindset: The Role of Policy Statements, we explored the dilemma that boilerplate policy statements can make the syllabus feel like a...