Category: Teaching
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Lesson Planning Strategies to Deepen Learning
Lesson Planning Strategies Article. Excerpts below. If we want students to move beyond simply showing up and memorizing course content to deeply understanding and confidently applying it, we need to apply essential principles for absorbing, retaining, and using new information. Drawing from learning science models and my own teaching experience, this advice can elevate your…
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Podcast- OVERCOMING THE CURSE OF EXPERTISE AND OTHER WAYS TO BE INCLUSIVE IN OUR TEACHING WITH SHEILA TABANLI
Teaching in Higher Education Podcast On Episode 608 of Teaching in Higher Ed, I welcome Sheila Tabanli, faculty member at Rutgers University and creator of a course on effective study strategies for mathematics, to the show. Together, Sheila helps us explore how to overcome the “curse of expertise” and how to foster more inclusive and compassionate teaching…
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Dialogue Resources for Faculty
Can an AI tool help students disagree better? Excerpts from the article below. Shared by Dan Stone in a Faculty Seminar, Tuesday, Feb 3- “Self-censorship in the classroom at Bowdoin and Sway: a tool for facilitating dialogue across differences.” “… Here’s how Sway works. An instructor selects a prompt, usually a controversial statement. (Simon Cullen,…
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Awakening Together: Building Community Around AI in the Liberal Arts
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Zoom WebinarHow are liberal arts colleges approaching AI? Join a webinar featuring a talk from Lance Eaton followed by a panel discussion with Eric Chown (Bowdoin), David Watts (Colby), and Susan Purrington (Connecticut College). These leaders will share insights from their collaborative work supporting AI initiatives…
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Collaborative Note-Taking
Less Tech, better discussions Chronicle of Higher Education Teaching Newsletter Elizabeth Drummond, an associate professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, was discouraged by how students’ use of laptops and tablets in class was dampening conversation. Not only were students distracted by their own screens, they were distracting their classmates. So Drummond borrowed an idea…