Category: Featured
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I blew the exam. Now What?
Course instructors could explore using an exam wrapper. An exam wrapper guides student reflection on their preparation and performance and how to adapt for a future exam. Examples are shared for multiple subjects here on the Carnegie Mellon webpage. Dr. Stephen Chew who was the keynote speaker at our August 2024 Pedagogy Matters Conference has…
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Podcast: Facilitating Contentious Conversations in the Classroom with Dr. Mylein Duong
Dr. Mylien Duong on Episode 532 (45 minutes) of Teaching in Higher Ed to talk about how to facilitate contentious conversations in a class context. She is the Senior Director of Research at the Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI), a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to equipping the next generation of Americans with the mindset and skill set to…
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Building Community in the Classroom from Day 1
by Teresa Thompson, Sept 4, 2024, Read the full article here. Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our community. Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the…
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Blog: Friction and Learning
by Sarah Rose Cavanagh, April 22, 2024 Link to blog Friction gets a bad rap. It calls to mind furry felines petted in the wrong direction, relationships hitting the skids, and small inconveniences that get under our skin. Indeed, “friction” is a term psychologists use to describe small impediments that have outsize influence on our…
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Tips for a Calm End of the Semester
by Roxanne Donovan, founder of WellAcademic … This is the time when the number of things that need to get done far exceeds the hours available to do them. The pull is to accelerate: to forgo sleep and squeeze as much work as possible into every waking minute. … these behaviors have problematic physical, psychic, and…