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In today’s episode we talk about the PR makeover that neurodiversity needs and is getting with UDL and the continued shift we need to make in higher education and in the workforce to better serve all of our students, clients, and our world. I met Jess serendipitously on social media when we both were offering a colleague some ideas to help neurodiverse students in the classroom and I was immediately impressed by her generous and thoughtful answer.

Today Gloria and I talk about neurodiversity and how it is often considered through a deficit model. We will talk about how identity and intersectionality may shape our conceptions of neurodiversity, and we will explore ways to use a strengths-based, talent-focussed approach. This positive, flipped approach helps to promote equity and inclusion for all students!

How can our grading practices remain true to who we are as teachers, while balancing institutional constraints & respecting the role of evaluation in helping students develop as learners?

60-Second SoTL – Episode 1 This week’s episode explores how syllabus design can impact students’ motivation and their perceptions of the course and instructor. The episode features two recent publications from the open-access International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching...

In this conversation we talk about the usefulness of reflection and feedback in various projects, and talk about a lot of collaborative projects that Joe has been implementing in his graduate courses, along with the fantastic work he has been doing to raise awareness and spread the effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning principles in higher education in Ireland.

Prototyping the most important parts of your alternative grading system

Hi, I’m David Handel, MD. I‘m the CEO and co-founder of iDoRecall.com. I’ve had the honor of writing previous guest posts on this blog in the past (see this post, for example ). In today’s guest post, I’ll be sharing more about iDoRecall, highlighting exciting new free resources that are avai

As the school year gets underway this fall, many teachers are wondering how to address the mental health repercussions of the past two years. How can we show up for our students with care at the ce…

As the 2022-23 school year begins, Carolina students will line up at the Old Well, hoping a sip from it on the first day of classes will lead to a 4.0 GPA at the end of the semester. That sip from the Old Well can’t hurt, but we all know a 4.0 doesn’t happen with […]

Simple strategies for reframing our assignments & feedback that increase students' sense of belonging

How do you help students trust that you have their best interests at heart?

Breana Bayraktar, Kiruthika Ragupathi, and Katherine A. Troyer share preliminary results of their research on instructors' beliefs about how feedback helps students manage their own learning.

Read all #AnnotatedSyllabus Posts and Resources Yes, it’s that time of the summer. That time when you’re beginning to prepare courses for the new academic year. And if you’re read…

These ideas can be adapted for any subject area, along with suggestions for adding criticality and opportunities for student agency to each one.

A syllabus does a lot of heavy lifting - don't forget to make it engaging & student-centered...

There are 36 million Americans who have earned some college credit, but not an actual degree. More colleges than ever are trying to help these students ...