The number ONE feature that will make your Canvas course faster to set up and easier for your students to navigate is……..modules. Organizing a course with modules not only helps students stay on track with expectations, but it also can help you keep track of what you are planning for each week, unit, or section of your course.
Teaching, Tech, and Tidbits Digest
The posts below are from a bi-weekly digest that encapsulates a range of evidence-based best practices and cutting-edge insights on innovative teaching strategies, effective use of technology, student engagement techniques, and effective assessment, to name a few. The content, diligently curated or crafted by the director Dr. Lew Ludwig, is grounded in robust research and drawn from a wide array of innovative articles, books, and online resources. The goal is to support timely, ongoing faculty development with the most current and impactful knowledge in the field.
Teaching I – Take think-pair-share to the next level
Many of us use the active classroom technique of think-pair-share in our classes. This is a core part of my classes. Not familiar with the practice?
- You can start with this infographic to learn the basics.
- Are you already using think-pair-share? Take it to the next level with this infographic.
- Are you a think-pair-share pro? Power up with this infographic that takes think-pair-share beyond the classroom.
Teaching – ChatGBT webinar recording, some resources, and a warning
It was good to see so many attendees at the recent CfLT webinar on ChatGPT by Dr. Tim Lauitano. If you couldn’t attend, you can find a recording here. Please note this is the Denison CfLT YouTube channel, so be sure you are logged into myDenison to access it.
This NYT article – Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools.
Teaching- Getting Ready for a New Semester
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Tidbit- The Junk Drawer CV
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Tidbit – The Junk Drawer CVI just finished my senior review. After the fact, I realized I forgot to mention a significant activity that slipped off my radar. Had I used a junk drawer CV, I might have caught my error. In Support of the Junk, Drawer CV describes how to create a document that is an easily accessible file tucked in your storage drive to record high points and low points in your career endeavors. |
Teaching- wrapping up this semester, looking to the next
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Teaching – wrapping up this semester, looking to the nextAs we wrap up this semester, please take a minute to reflect. Did classes go the way I planned? Are there things I would tweak for next semester? With all the projects, papers, and final exams, it may be time to reconsider late work policies. The Chronicle article, How Instructors Are Rethinking Late Work, may give you some ideas to make next semester’s classes go more smoothly. |
Tidbit- The Worst Career Advice I Have Received
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Tidbit – The Worst Career Advice I Have ReceivedOften we’re given a list of suggestions that are supposed to help us improve, for example, career advice. In this Chronicle article, Aaron Basko goes in the opposite direction – he shares bad advice he received over the years. Just like a non-example can illuminate an idea – raining cats and dog is not a simile – Basko’s bad advice may help us avoid similar pitfalls. |
Tech- Collaborative Annotations with Canvas and Perusall
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Teaching II- They don’t read my feedback!
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Teaching II – They don’t read my feedback!As we near the end of the semester and all the grading that lies ahead, nothing can be more frustrating than students not reading your comments. You provide valuable insights and suggest improvements, only to have them ignored. |
Teaching I- Rethinking the Optional Attendance Policy
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Teaching I – Rethinking the Optional Attendance Policy“We must reconsider optional attendance policies not least for the sake of students’ physical and mental health,” Eric Skipper writes in this Inside Higher Ed piece. Faculty members report continued attendance issues even though we are back to in-person classes. Some feel the optional attendance policies we created during the pandemic’s peak have created a “free pass” mentality toward attending class. |