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True of any teaching strategy: “They are only good when they are, well, good.”

Are you considering using a team project in your course?  Have you used them before but feel that there’s room for improvement?

Heidi Weston and Peter Felten discuss how mattering matters on episode 413 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Years ago, as I shifted toward empowering students, I ask myself the question, "What am I doing for students that they could be doing for themselves?" One of the most glaring answers was assessment. So,

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

Inductive learning starts from examples and asks learners to infer general principles.

Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.

Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.

Nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice. Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom.

By Dr. Raechel Soicher, 2022 CTL Blended Learning Innovations in Pedagogy (BLIP) Initiative Faculty Fellow and Instructor in the School of Psychological Science. As with most (all) of my great teac…

Need a little refresher on the definition of equity? Here is a short video you can have to share with peers and students promoting equity.

You introduce yourself and then someone mispronounces your name. At that point you have to decide if you correct them or let it slide. For many people from immigrant communities, this has been a lifelong experience. And sometimes, it's about more than mispronunciation, it can signal exclusion and disrespect. Some people even change their names in order to fit in more easily and not be "othered."For years, LA Times columnist, Jean Guerrero, let people say her name without rolling their r's, the way it would be said in Spanish. But after becoming the target of MAGA trolls online, she decided to reclaim the proper Spanish pronunciation.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

"Friends without Pens" gives students time to chat about the exam before starting.

Example syllabus statements to start conversations with students about appropriate use of academic sharing sites.

Using an evidence-based approach to syllabus development and messaging, you can help ensure that students’ earliest experiences in your course promote a sense of belonging and self-efficacy that will support equity, belonging, and growth.

Course syllabi set the tone for the whole semester. With the help of a new tool kit, some instructors are overhauling theirs to make them more welcoming, inclusive and focused on student success.

Introducing the all new Zoom Whiteboard, which enables brainstorming and collaboration on a persistent, expandable, digital canvas.

Explore the new features helping enhance collaboration, including Automatic Gestures, Zoom IQ for Sales, Zoom Whiteboard, Backstage for Zoom Events, and more.

Interleaving, which consists of mixing up study topics within one studying session, is an effective learning strategy because of three main factors.

Agendas are an easy, inexpensive, and flexible instructional strategy that will benefit both the instructor and students.

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