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…
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. We have…
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 in…
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 students to think about…
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 transactional document, yet these…
Grading for Equity – Book Review
Ideas for higher education from the book by Joe Feldman We want our students to grow and develop in our courses, and we especially love those occasions when our students’ overcome barriers and achieve huge…
Remaining a Reflective Practitioner in Hectic Times
Strategies for Academics to Avoid Burnout As we take a breath after the last few years, many of us have lost the space for reflective thought. Our need to triage the priorities of students, emergency…
3 Practical Strategies for Teaching about Mindsets
Teaching students how to learn often involves teaching about mindsets. There is substantial evidence that positive academic mindsets are strongly linked to better academic performance at all levels of schooling, not just in younger grades.…
Tips for Starting the Semester Teaching Remotely
As the new year begins, the pandemic still looms and Covid cases are currently spiking. Many college educators are finding themselves starting the first few weeks of the semester back in remote teaching settings. Yes,…
2021 Highlights
As the year draws to a close, we reflect on some of our proudest accomplishments. From developing new courses, working with colleagues across the globe, promoting scholarship about teaching and learning, and most importantly, getting…
Metacognitive Equity
In a recent essay, Dr. Saundra McGuire unveils a new term to consider in our quest for educational equity: metacognitive equity. Dr. McGuire argues that although we commonly use the term educational equity when referring…
Equity-Based Teaching Practices We Can Adopt Immediately
The past few years have highlighted an indisputable need to address equity more intentionally in our courses. And yet, pandemic-related changes have pulled educators in many new directions and left us tired and wary of…
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Dedicated to sharing ideas, challenges, resources, and useful tips, this blog series will focus on strategies and inspiration for teaching intentionally amidst our busy and chaotic lives. Unless otherwise noted, posts written by Bridget Arend.
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