Category: Teaching

(NOTE: Ideally in the in the first three weeks of the semester. Offer student feedback early in the course and often!) by Ashley Mowreader Excerpt below. Full article available here on Inside Higher Education. Faculty members can improve student learning through effective and helpful communication about coursework and assessments. Here are three tips to keep…

Canvas Ally is a built-in accessibility tool in Canvas that invites students to access course materials in a format of their choice. By including a statement about Canvas Ally in your syllabus, you can let students know about this resource so they can explore the different formats. Here is some sample text that can be…

In their new four-part Inspiring Minds article series, Dan Levy and Angela Pérez Albertos of the Harvard Kennedy School share their tested techniques for using gen AI to prepare new courses, improve existing courses, conduct class sessions, and design assessments. Each article, includes easy-to-follow steps and supporting videos. The theme here is simplicity—so you can jump right…

Research shows that students who feel they belong in a course or discipline are more likely to persist and can promote learning. This collection provides a set of practical resources for fostering a sense of belonging in your classroom. 1. Book: Understanding Belonging and What it Looks Like in the Classroom. Norton Guide to Equity-Minded…

An excerpt of Wintering, read by Katherine May, On Being with Krista Tippett Katherine May: “A surprising cluster of novels and fairytales are set in the snow. Our knowledge of winter is a fragment of childhood, almost innate. All the careful preparations that animals make to endure the cold, foodless months; hibernation and migration, deciduous trees dropping…