Teaching strategies

Lindsey Kealey shares ways we can revive our own curiousity on episode 437 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

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

This is a selection of things that I find myself discussing with teachers regularly. We all crave simplicity, but actually, when teaching is great, there’s a lot going on. It’s unavoida…

In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that Cleveland State University violated his Fourth Amendment rights when he complied with a webcam recording of his exam space.

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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Can we declare the era of the timed exam (almost) completely over? 6 Reasons to End (Almost) All Timed Exams*:1. Level the Playing Field: Does it really make sense anymore to separate some timed exam and un-timed exam groups? When all exams are un-timed, nobody needs to request accommodation or make separate arrangements. What do we lose by setting time boundaries on exams? Seems to me we are often testing the ability to take a test within a certain amount of time, rather than student understanding.2.

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…

How might we move to a higher education system based on learning rather than seat time?

“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..."”

Taking tests remotely is a problem. That doesn’t mean technology is the solution.

There’s a whole literature on what works. Why don’t more instructors act on it?

A classroom strategy to enhance multiple choice questioning.

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 ...

Reading proficiency scores had been getting worse for several years. The pandemic has made a bad situation worse.

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

A great compilation of Lecture teaching tips for active learning

Are you wanting to become a more active listener? Here are eight tips for incorporating and modeling active listening in your classroom.

Not all feedback is helpful to students. Here's what the research tells us about delivering effective feedback for deeper learning.

Every semester I develop new ice breaker questions that try to avoid revealing class background (this is the issue with ‘what did you do over the summer?’ ‘what are your hobbies?’). Here are some from this/previous semesters (many are food related): (1/4)

Critical thinking is discussed extensively in higher education research literature, especially through theories about how to define, measure, and develop “higher-order” cognitive skills. However, there is a less substantial body of scholarship exploring the connection between educational practices and critical thinking research. How is critical thinking being taught at colleges and universities, and how can educators use research to improve teaching practices?

Want to know the number one thing that stops people from learning names? That they emphatically tell you that they’re “awful at remembering names.” Break that habit, and add these other practices, and you’ll be on your way to not forgetting the name of the person you just met.

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai