One of the cornerstones of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning program is the speaker series. In this series, experts in teaching and learning share their work with instructors of all ranks at IU. It is like attending a handful of conference keynotes without the cost and travel a few times a year. The first… Read more »
Has It Already Happened?
This is a guest post from Dr. Marcus Croom, Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, Indiana University School of Education Quick question: Has January 6, 2021 come up in your classes yet? I wish I could hear what you’re thinking right now. Whatever your thoughts may be, here’s what I’m thinking: January 6th already came… Read more »
What Inclusive Instructors Do
Through their national, multipart study of instructors at a variety of higher educational institutions, Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, and Mallory E. SoRelle sought to identify how participants define inclusive teaching and what practices they implement in their own courses. One of the results of this work is a comprehensive resource that… Read more »
5th Annual CITL Summer Reading List
Wow. Can you believe we have been sharing a summer reading list for 5 years?! I hope you have come to look forward to these as much as I look forward to compiling them. There have been quite a few really great new releases over the last few years and while this list is not… Read more »
Teaching is a Radical Act of Hope
In his recent book, Historian Kevin Gannon, claims that to teach well is a radical act based in hope. It is radical in the aim of fundamental, root-level transformation and hopeful in that it imagines a better future for students because of this transformation. In describing his pedagogy of radical hope, he lays a foundation… Read more »
The Grand Challenges of Teaching & Learning
Recently, I had the chance to talk with Lauren Scharff (Director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Psychology at the United States Air Force Academy) about her work with the ISSOTL Advocacy committee to identify the grand challenges of teaching and learning. I am pleased to share a synthesis of that… Read more »