Category: Teaching
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Course Design Sprint, Tues, March 19, 9:30-3:30
Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 courses. COW’s are due Monday, March 25 Opportunity for faculty and instructors to start the design of a new course or rethink the design of a pre-existing course. In 6 hours, you will have written clear learning outcomes, aligned those outcomes with transparent assignments, and intentionally brainstormed possible course materials…
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Colby, Bates & Bowdoin Special Series on Generative AI
We are excited to invite you to a thought-provoking three-part virtual Pedagogy Matters Special Series on Generative AI. Join educators across Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby to explore the impact, ethics, and practical applications of Generative AI in higher education. Brief readings or videos will be distributed a few weeks before each session to build our shared…
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Mid-Course Student Feedback Questionnaire Ideas (Bowdoin instructors and others)
Course instructors are encouraged to collect student feedback at the mid-point or multiple times throughout the semester. The feedback benefits you in thinking about adjustments to make with the course, and it also serves as a reflection for students to reconsider how they might approach the class in more effective ways for the second half.…
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Webinar- Beyond Content: Teaching for Civic Participation and Engagement
Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 12 pm ET (ONLINE) Dr. Bryan Dewsbury will explore the ways in which we can reconnect our classroom practice with the values, behaviors and mindsets needed for a socially just society. All are welcome! Please register via Zoom About the SpeakerBryan Dewsbury is Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Director of the STEM Transformation…
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Supporting Students Through Setbacks
JANUARY 18, 2024 From: Beckie Supiano Subject: Teaching: How to help students learn from setbacks Struggle and failure can be powerful learning experiences; but because they’re unpleasant, students who experience them may instead disengage. How can instructors support students through challenges and setbacks so that they’re better able to learn and less likely to give up? I…