Teaching

I think author of this @insidehighered.com essay means to be helpful, and I like the shift from participation to engagement (plus he cites @cjdenial.bsky.social so that's always good!), but I think it still misses the mark significantly. 1/x https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/01/22/making-class-participation-grades-meaningful-opinion

I am thankful to historian Seth Bruggeman for writing this piece at Inside Higher Ed. It put into words much of what I was feeling last semester in one of

How can we best teach a hybrid or HyFlex class? This week I’m starting my gaming in education seminar and the students are almost exactly balanced between in person and online.  I’ve ta…

How one professor uses a “math memoir” assignment to give students a reference point for their own learning.

Next week I’m launching my gaming in higher education seminar for Georgetown University’s Learning, Design, and Technology program. I am very excited, as ever, because it’s a grea…

Joe Hoyle reflects on his decades-long teaching career, revealing how the most impactful classrooms are built on trust, ambition, and collaboration. He chall...

As educators, we can — and should — consider how the principles of inclusive education can strengthen and complement our approach to academic integrity.

Thoughts on getting back to a life of experiences.

Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.

Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow offers critical insights for Learning & Development professionals. The book distinguishes between fast, intuitive thinking (System 1) and slow, a…

Balancing Faculty and Student Workload Maha Bali

Simple videos? The hard part is actually getting the confidence to talk on camera. Check out the whole series! New videos posted every week.E1: 10 Tips Beyo...

The quality that matters most to applicants gets overlooked by school rankings.

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Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly

Student Feedback: Election and November Support [Opening text explaining the goals of the form, to be tailored to instructor priorities] We are reaching out to invite you to help us create a supportive learning environment in the coming weeks. This week in particular, or perhaps the next severa...