This this week’s “What Will You Keep this Fall?” video, I am talking to Dr. Carl Ipsen from the Department of History, learning about how he used short instructional videos accompanied by short questions to improve student accountability and engagement. While Carl notes teaching an asynchronous course was a challenge, he thinks many students were… Read more »
Entries by Greg Siering
What Will You Keep This Fall? – Meghan Porter on Promoting Community through Icebreakers
Faced with challenges in teaching remotely over the past year, many IUB instructors developed innovative teaching approaches to keep their students engaged. The question of the summer seems to be what of those new approaches will continue to help students when we return to on-campus classes this fall. I’ve been talking with several of our… Read more »
Summer Programming 2021
This past spring, we surveyed the CITL’s faculty clients to find out what sorts of issues are most important to you, so that we can align our summer work to meet your needs. The topics you and your colleagues identified as top priorities are: Inclusive Teaching Practices Equitable Assignments and Grading What New Instructional Practices… Read more »
Mosaic Room Request for Spring 2022
In continued support of campus goals surrounding collaborative and active learning, the CITL coordinates the placement of classes into the following innovative teaching spaces, and is accepting applications to teach in these rooms during the Spring 2022 semester: The Collaboration Café (Cedar Hall AC C102) is designed to support discussion-based collaborative classes of up to 49 students. The Collaborative… Read more »
Quick Tip: Taking Marginalized Perspectives with the Five-Minute Rule
Sometimes it is difficult to make space for marginalized viewpoints during a discussion, and relying on students to represent their entire culture places unfair burdens on them. This discussion technique can help solve that problem. If anyone in the discussion feels that a particular point of view isn’t being addressed or taken seriously, they can… Read more »
Quick Tip: Publishing Your Syllabi and Canvas Sites Early
First, a note that we will be publishing more Quick Tips in the next few weeks, leading up to the start of the semester. After that, we will return to the weekly schedule. We hope you find these extra ones useful as you finish final preparations for the new term. As the spring semester approaches… Read more »