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The Final Stretch: Designing a Meaningful Course Ending
By: Dr. Amena Shahid As the term draws to a close, students are not the only ones counting the weeks left. Instructors, too, often feel a mix of relief and fatigue. However, while the finish line may be in sight, what happens in those final weeks can be some of the most impactful moments of…
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Teaching Strategies
The Coherent Professor: Finding Productivity and Purpose in a Whole Faculty Life by Robert Talbot
How do we act in alignment with what’s most important? Last week, I spoke (online) at a Lunch and Learn session for faculty at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The talk was called “The Coherent Professor: Finding Productivity and Purpose in a Whole Faculty Life” and synthesized many of the themes you will read…
Parting Ways: Ending Your Course
Tami J. Eggleston, Gabie E. Smith Access full article here. Excerpts below. Much emphasis has been placed on the use of activities at the beginning of a course to provide opportunities for introductions, begin to create a comfortable classroom atmosphere to encourage discussion and learning, or develop a sense of community and group identity. In…
Faculty Opportunities
December Lunch and Learn
Leveraging Data for Decision Making on Campus: Two Case Studies Wednesday, December 17, 11:45am-1:00pm Join Holly Parker from the Schiller Coastal Studies Center and Sam Cogswell from the McKeen…
January BCLT Workshops
Making Sense of BCQ Feedback, Wed, 1/7, 11am-12pm Designed for faculty across disciplines, the session emphasizes reflective practice, peer consultation, and strategies to apply constructive, meaningful feedback in future…
Disabled Persons Events 12/1-12/5
Thursday: Eva Erickson: Survivor 48 Contestant & Neurodivergent College Athlete Friday: How to Support Autistic College Students