Anchor Session: Educational Development for an Unknown Future 2025 POD Network in Higher Education Annual Meeting Resource Document Survey You can view a copy of our survey here. Resources Bottled Pondering, by Aepenton: https://aepenton.com/pages/what-is-bottled-pondering Why is the study of ...

The quality of student-instructor relationships is an important factor in students’ academic engagement, achievement, and motivation (1–4). Instructors may attempt to build these relationships through their use of language beyond course content. Instructor talk, defined as “language used by an instructor that is not directly related to the concepts under study but instead focuses on creating the learning environment,” includes efforts to build rapport, explain pedagogical choices, share personal experiences, and unmask science (5, 6). Instructor talk may shape students’ perceptions of instructor immediacy, or the sense of closeness between instructors and students (7). Instructor immediacy behaviors, such as smiling, making eye contact, using students’ names, and incorporating humor, have been associated with students’ motivational beliefs, classroom participation, learning, and academic engagement (8–14).

Edited by Janice Miller-Young and Nancy L. Chick, this collection explores what it looks like to be a SoTL scholar, and how to get there by design.

Read about the most important research into how we learn conducted in the last 50 years, what it found, and what that means in the classroom for teachers.

Sitting with this. Curious what others are thinking and feeling. #HigherEd #FacDev #Belonging https://t.co/TnaxjbngCA— Karen Costa (she/her) (@karenraycosta) May 5, 2023

For anyone looking to finally solve that age old question of whether online or face-to-face learning is better, I've made this amazing, time-saving infographic. pic.twitter.com/zicJcimLTr— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) April 13, 2023

The more growth-mindset oriented you are, the more likely you are to think active learning is a good idea.

“This clip of Barak Rosenshine talking about 'higher order thinking skills' is one of the single most important things for teachers to know about learning.”

When given a choice, do students prefer in-person classes?

“Some reasons why it doesn’t make sense to not say that online learning isn’t as good. 🧵”

H/T Robert Talbert PDF | Feedback is essential for learning and identifies perceived gaps between students’ observed performance and desired outcomes. In higher education,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and ...