I started teaching online courses four years ago, and I have to admit, when I first began preparing, I had little idea of what my role was. I half-imagined a scenario where students and professors were robots, inputting and outputting information through a computer system. I have since learned that [read more...]
Teaching
Offer your students a rewrite opportunity to ensure that they are learning the proper writing skills for today's digital world.
So you gave the assignment. You accepted the pile of papers turned in – electronic or otherwise. And you graded. But, as you were reading through the papers, you noticed [read more...]
Unseen Barriers to Student-Centered Learning
2017-09-21Here are three significant barriers (and solutions!) that can dramatically impact the learning outcomes of a student-centered environment.
Many professors in recent decades have begun to make a switch in their teaching practices to embrace pedagogy that focuses on student-centered learning. [read more...]