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This post was originally written by Megan Diede and Kara Rigsby. Megan and Kara both currently teach primary at Prairie Wind Elementary in Gillette,

Rob Morgan shares how creativity may just save us all on episode 542 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence across industries is unparalleled in technology circles. People have compared it to the boom in search e

Two questions that can accomplish much in an alt-graded class

“We just released 26 new features on Padlet. Here are 10 you should know about right now.”

A roundup of the best classroom icebreakers to help students connect and collaborate in any course

Communicating better can help you achieve your goals and deepen your relationships.

Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, and Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh share lessong about community and joy from MYFest on episode 431 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Real community emerges over time, and is about developing relationships. Icebreakers are fun, but it’s also important to help students develop more substantive relationships with each other.

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A university is “a home for the heart, the mind, and the spirit,” and this vision has at its core open and mutual communication.

I have been reflecting on why my Virtually Viral friendships seem so important now. I realize that I know a fair amount about the people in the virtual room. Researchers have found these types of q…

“Hey tweeps I am working on a really lovely campaign with our faculty union, and we want to create a preamble to a document we're drafting up. Hit me with your answers to this question: "A caring community is..."”

Students in my freshman English class have incredible stories to tell, but they aren't always eager to share them.A quick scan of the room makes it ...

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." In this spirit, Smith Magazine invited writers "famous and obscure" to distill their own life stories into a single sentence. It All Changed in an Instant is the fourth collection of six-word memoirs from the magazine.

So something sort of serendipitous happened today. I forgot my glasses at home. I see OK without them, but I wouldn’t be able to see students’ faces too clearly. I know who is who, even…

Throughout this series, we’ve unpacked the three presences of Charles Sander Peirce’s Community of Inquiry (CoI) model. In my previous posts, we’ve looked at social and teaching presence. Cognitive…

Episode #48: How to Create Social Spaces in Your Courses with Dr. Melissa Wehler

By Joe Bandy, Assistant Director, CFT Academic Content Service Placement Student Reflection Feedback Jeffrey Howard has offered ten principles of that may serve as valuable guidelines for planning high impact community engaged courses and projects, which are excerpted here by the University of Minnesota’s Community Service-Learning Center. [9] In addition to these principles, the scholarship...

When designing a course, each move matters. From your selection of course materials, to your teaching methods, to the ways you ask students to demonstrate their learning, your course may privilege some students while disadvantaging others. There are moves you can make during the course design phase, though, that can help you create a more equitable and inclusive learning experience.

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