Just a few more weeks – the end of the semester is in sight. You’re feeling it and so are your students. This Chronicle piece gives some practical advice on helping students finish the semester.
Teaching Tips
Articles and resources to empower your teaching experience.
Teaching – connecting remote and in-class students
The hybrid classroom presents of number of challenges. A common concern is getting remote students and in-class students to interact during class discussion. Jonathan Maskit, Philosophy, has found a clever way to use his iPhone, laptop, and classroom computer to make sure his remote and online students can clearly see and hear each other during class discussions.
Teaching – advice for and from our remote students
Last week, in conjunction with the Remote Student Advisory Board and the Provost Office, ETS conducted a survey of remote students and the issues they are experiencing:
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- lack of connection to campus
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- being remote in a hybrid class
Take a look at the complete findings and suggested solutions for how to meet these challenges.
Teaching – 10/06/2020 Teaching – intro to Center’s new blog resource
Finally! You’ve asked – please put the TTTs in one place and make them searchable. As you wish: https://blogs.denison.edu/teaching-center-updates/. Also on the site, hybrid and remote teaching strategies from Denison instructors, as well as an introduction to our new faculty members. The below video gives a quick overview of the site and how to search for useful teaching resources.
Teaching – what are they thinking
As the fall semester develops, so do the needs of our students. This Chronicle piece – What students want their professors to know – helps us understand about this challenging semester.
Teaching – making sense of student feedback
My least favorite moment of the semester? When I get that email saying my course evaluations are available. Yes, even after all these years, it still gives me a twinge in my stomach. Want to discuss recent course feedback? Please contact me (ludwigl@denison.edu) to set up a time and place.
On a related note, would you like some feedback on your course?
Teaching- how to read course evaluations
You’ve collected early term course feedback from your students. Now what? This half-page from Washington University gives practical advice on responding to midterm evaluations. Here is the go to article from the Chronicle on how to read a student evaluation of your teaching.
Teaching – take the pulse of your classes
Many of us use midterm course evaluations. As suggested in the faculty meeting, now would be a good time to get feedback from your classes to see how this unique semester is going. Here are three different feedback forms:
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- Use this copy of a Google form created by Dr. Annabel Edwards, Chemistry. This video explains how to edit this form.
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Teaching – introducing the Center’s new blog
Thanks to the good work of Neica Raker (CfLT) and Jason Bowles (U Comm) the Center has a blog page. Meet your new colleagues in the meet our new faculty section or peruse the hybrid and remote teaching strategies from Denison faculty. For the next phase, we plan to archive the TTTs and make them searchable – more soon!
Teaching – improving those breakout sessions
Now that you getting the hang of those breakout rooms in Zoom, consider this article from Faculty Focus to improve your breakout game.