Here are some sample teaching & learning resources I’ve created over the years. There are a bunch more training courses, videos, and other resources, but most of them are not publicly accessible: Videos Canvas Essentials Part 1, Part 2, Part…
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Checklist for Launching and Facilitating Your Online Canvas Course
Below is a checklist for launching your online (Canvas) course (plus optional Microsoft Team), as well as some tips for effective online facilitation, communication, and interaction with your students. 1. Canvas Beginning of Semester Checklist Check items such as these…
Reducing Bias In and Out of the Classroom
Bias affects many of the things we do in higher education, but there are some techniques that can help mitigate it. This in turn can help increase equity, which one might define as a freedom from bias. Here are some…
Strategies to Help Struggling Students Turn It Around
Here are some techniques you can try mid-semester to help struggling students turn it around: Boost engagement and faculty-student interaction with some of these easy-to-use ideas to improve your students’ participation, attitude, and learning from EngageEngineering. There are ideas that…
Tagged with: advising, learning to learn, retention, Student Success
Posted in Student Success, teaching
Posted in Student Success, teaching
Tips for Flipping the Classroom and Effective Videos
What is Flipping the Classroom? Flipping the classroom is an evidence-based teaching technique that usually involves moving some lectures online to free up time during class for more active learning strategies like peer instruction or collaborative learning. A more official…
Tagged with: flipping the classroom, video
Posted in Educational Technology, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning
Posted in Educational Technology, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning
Anticipating and Addressing Student Resistance in Your Courses
There have long been calls for using evidence-based teaching techniques and technologies in the classroom to improve student success. For example the 2012 “Engage to Excel” report by the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) notes that “Classroom approaches…
Tagged with: active learning, edtech, online learning, online teaching, teaching, technology
Posted in education, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning, teaching
Posted in education, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning, teaching
Resources for Supporting Students in Psychological Distress
Here are a few resources related to supporting students (and others) in psychological distress: 1. Trauma-Informed Practices for Postsecondary Education: A Guide (pdf) Mentioned in this related article: “What Trauma Looks Like in College-Aged Students and Adult Learners“ 2. Mental…
Resources for Improving Student Success in College Math Courses
I posted some resources for improving student success in college math courses over on the POD list, copied below: I highly recommend this free ebook that MAA (mathematical association of america) put out last year: Instructional Practices Guide: Guide to…
Tagged with: adaptive learning, math, open textbooks, retention, Student Success
Posted in Educational Technology, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Open Education
Posted in Educational Technology, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Open Education
Course Design Rubrics & Checklists
I’m starting to lose track of all the different rubrics and checklists related to course design that I’ve come across, and some new ones have come out very recently, so I’d thought I’d list them here. If you know of…
Posted in Online Teaching & Learning
Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies in Canvas
I’ve shared a resource in Canvas Commons with some examples of brief, research-based teaching strategies implemented in Canvas, such as: transparent assignments, minute papers, values affirmation, social belonging, goal setting, student testimonials, nudges, discussion protocols, wrappers, and midterm student feedback. You can…
Tagged with: canvas, DBER, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, online learning, online teaching, retention
Posted in Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning
Posted in Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Online Teaching & Learning
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