We have created a series of short videos about inclusive discussion techniques. This blog will explain why it is important to structure discussions for an inclusive classroom, how to determine what needs to be practiced, and gives an overview of the videos. Why structure discussions? Sathy and Hogan (2019) give an analogy for this—an inclusive… Read more »
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Teaching During (and after) the Election
An expanded version of this article is available on our website, including sample language to use with your students. 2020 has been a stressful year for everyone in the IU community, and the upcoming presidential election is adding yet another layer of tension to a year that has seen a major health crisis, an economic… Read more »
Learning about High-Impact Practices with CIRTL
I recently attended a webinar about High-Impact Practices (HIPs) presented by Jerry Daday and Tom Hahn (Institute for Engaged Learning, IUPUI) and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL). High-impact practices are educational practices that have been shown to increase student engagement and retention (Kuh 2008). There are eleven HIPs: service-learning/community-based… Read more »
Teaching an Intensive Three-Week Course
If you’re planning to teach a course during the three-week intensive session at the end of the fall 2020 semester, you may have lots of questions about course design and teaching strategies. Should your intensive course be simply a shorter version of a conventional 16-week course? What particular issues should you keep in mind as… Read more »
Applying Chickering’s 7 Principles to Remote Learning
I read this morning that an influential leader in educational thought, Arthur Chickering, passed away on August 15. While Chickering had a prolific career in advancing undergraduate education, he is most widely known for his 1987 collaboration with Zelda Gamson, “Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education,” which led to an 1996 adaptation with… Read more »
Pivot Preparedness
We are all hopeful that IU can control COVID-19 spikes and we are able to keep on-campus instruction going until Thanksgiving. But with so many COVID-related challenges out there, it is important that we are all prepared to pivot to remote instruction, just in case. Whether you are preparing for a full campus shutdown or… Read more »