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Seth Offenbach shares about his article, Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom, on episode 586 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I had to recognize the reality that my classroom was never going to be t

I read Remi Kalir’s excellent suggestion that we have students annotate our syllabi. I stopped thinking of my syllabus as a finished document and stopped going over it in class on the first d…

Social Psychology of Education - It is not uncommon for students to complain that faculty are unapproachable, while faculty complain that students are not engaged. Such perceptions, especially when...

This is the fourth in a series of posts based on Becca Levy’s book Breaking the age code: How your beliefs about aging determine how long & well you live. **** In my last post, I wrote about how beliefs about aging can affect memory now and even a whopping 38 years later. Researchers have found similar results for physical…

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The Mason Core Instructor Certification Program (MC-ICP) is a joint effort of Mason Core and the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, recognizing faculty who are investing […]

The Activating Inclusive Excellence at Mason (AIEM) program is a campus-wide professional learning program developed as a result of collaborations among the Stearns Center for […]

The Innovations in Teaching and Learning (ITL) conference provides an opportunity for instructors at George Mason University to share their teaching practice and learn about […]

Keystone Concepts in Teaching is a higher education podcast from the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning at George Mason University focused on discussing and […]

Oren Hertz, Florida International University; Scholarly Teacher Editorial BoardKey Statement: Academic institutions must reconsider the use of discussion boards as a form of assessment and adopt more authentic, AI-resilient methods that reflect the realities of modern technological capabilities. Keywords: Digital Pedagogy, Artificial Intelligence, Resilient AssessmentIntroduction Online discussion boards were once heralded as a breakthrough in digital learning— spaces where students could engage

If you follow the conversations about higher education on social media or in the news, a primary topic on people’s minds is the impact of artificial intelligence on the purposes and processes of an education. For better or worse, much of the focus has

Karen Costa describes learning to teach, design, and rest on episode 578 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Gardening is something I've tried and failed at many times. I don't know if it's something you can win or fail at.

Biomimicry Teaching & Learning Checklist This doc lives at: https://bit.ly/biomimicrychecklist This checklist has been prepared for higher educators as a tool to explore the concept of biomimicry, which is a design practice of learning from the natural world (of which humans are also a part). B...

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AI is more than just ChatGPT. Hype around chatbots is distracting us from the really useful technologies which could change lives. In this article, I explore how LLM-based tech and other AI are being used as assistive technologies.

This collection provides introductory resources for new graduate teaching assistants in a variety of roles, including facilitating discussion or lab sections, holding office hours and review sessions, giving feedback to students, and grading student work.

This gallery contains collections of resources related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

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