When is the last time you innovated in the classroom? Are you sitting in your comfort zone? There’s something to be said for cruising in the comfort zone to perfect your previous innovations, however it’s not a place to stay long term. The comfort zone is the place where you know what to expect, you… Read more »
As history tells us and media are suggesting currently, we might expect increase campus demonstrations and work/class stoppages for the presidential inauguration and possibly beyond. Remember that the Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct acknowledges the right to “engage in peaceful and orderly protests, demonstrations, and picketing that do not disrupt functions of the… Read more »
Much of the work we do in the CITL mixes faculty members’ experiences and perspectives in the classroom with what we know about educational theory and research. Naturally, we look at teaching and learning from the perspectives most familiar to us. What we too often leave out, though, is the student perspective, and we are… Read more »
We’ve all been there… That moment when graduate school is too much stress. I had been feeling this way on-and-off for a few semesters when I joined a learning community (LC) of graduate students. During this LC, we gathered to share our thoughts and advice on teaching. For example, sharing our teaching evaluations and telling… Read more »