Increasingly, conversations around campus and Zoom have included some sort of reference to fatigue. It seems to be an amorphous discussion that circles the shared feeling rather than an explicit discussion of the current situation and strategies to address the fatigue. In one of these recent conversations with a colleague, he stated that he was… Read more »
When you return an exam to your students, you know they’re going to focus in on the grade they earned, to the exclusion of practically everything else. That’s understandable, but there’s a problem with that focus: there’s a lot more information in a graded exam that students could benefit from. They could review what they… Read more »
Some students begin their post-secondary education with substantial experience in conducting research and properly citing sources while other students are less familiar with established research practices. At the college level, policies regarding citations, using sources, and avoiding plagiarism vary from course to course. Teaching your students how to handle research within your course will help… Read more »
As educators, we want our students to survive and thrive, and have the best university experience they can have. I know faculty and instructors try to help any way we can—it seems, though, that the labor of care falls more on contingent faculty, graduate students, and educators with marginalized identities. Sometimes our strategy is to… Read more »
If you want to improve your teaching and your students’ learning, one challenge you face may be finding the time to make major revisions to your courses or teaching practices. But what if you could make small, easily implemented changes in your teaching methods and assignments that would have a big impact on your students’… Read more »
As we all know, the IU masking policy is changing as of March 4th, making masks optional in most campus locations. While we are hopeful that this is a step towards getting back to a campus experience that we’ve all missed, I’ve been hearing a bit of consternation from instructors, not knowing how this will… Read more »
