During our annual Associate Instructor Orientation on August 21st, a group of IUB instructors volunteered their expertise to share some classroom knowledge with our newest instructors. There was so much fantastic information communicated on that day, I figured, why keep it to myself? So, I’ll be sharing a few of the “quick tips” I learned… Read more »
I am delighted to welcome Maggie Gilchrist back to the CITL. You might have worked with her when she was our Graduate Assistant Instructional Consultant in 2022-2023. In October 2023, Maggie joined our colleagues at the IU Indianapolis CTL working full-time as an Instructional Technology Consultant. I asked Maggie about her work there and what… Read more »
One of the questions I receive most often as an Instructional Consultant is about office hours. Students are struggling with coursework, but they are not coming to office hours. Instructors are teaching large classes and would love to get to know their students more, but students are not coming to office hours. Students are missing… Read more »
Join us at the annual International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference and take the next step in your journey as a scholarly educator. Engage with diverse perspectives, discover new teaching strategies, and build lasting professional relationships. Unlike discipline-specific conferences, ISSOTL brings together scholars from a wide-range of disciplines, fostering cross-pollination… Read more »
When I was teaching introductory composition, my students often warned me early in the term that they were “bad at writing,” or “just not that good at English.” These statements were frustrating—who wants to begin a semester with unenthusiastic students? However, they also demonstrated a prevalence of what psychologist Carol Dweck dubs as the “fixed… Read more »
The newly-published 3rd edition of Classroom Assessment Techniques: Formative Feedback Tools for College and University Teachers includes over 50 Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) you can use to quickly gauge your students’ learning, help them organize course material, and obtain feedback about their learning. One of the simplest and most useful CATs is the Muddiest Point…. Read more »