Game-based Learning & Gamification
Faculty Contributor: Amber Navarre (Senior Lecturer in Chinese, World Languages & Literatures) (2 minute read) Between playing a game with friends and attending a lecture in Zoom, what would your student choose? What if the lecture itself is a game they can play with friends? Researchers have found that playing games and creating a game-like environment […]
Learning from Anywhere for Everyone: Inclusion in a Digital World
An inclusive conversation, open to all! As the country transitioned to online learning in the spring of 2020, educators quickly learned that not everyone learns equally in a digital world. This conversation will explore how to promote inclusivity and equity in a remote teaching environment so that all students can learn. Thursday, November 12, from […]
Building Faculty and Student Resilience
(2 minute read) Laughter; tears; virtual hugs; expressions of gratitude; sharing of great ideas – these were the “teaching therapy” moments shared by the people who attended the Building Faculty and Student Resilience Hub & Pub gathering facilitated by CTL-Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows (HTEFFs) on October 21. (The HTEFFS are: Kaytlin Eldred, SAR-Health Sciences; […]
Faculty Guide to Assessment Options in Remote & Hybrid Classes Part 1: Overview of Exams & Assignments
(12 minute read) Creating and administering assessment tasks such as assignments, quizzes, and exams during this remote and hybrid teaching period is a challenge, but also an opportunity to evaluate how to meet the learning objectives in your class. The options outlined in this multi-part series guide on assignments and exams will help you think […]
Avoiding “Radio-Silence” in Remote Discussions
(4 minute read) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many instructors are now teaching their courses in a remote or hybrid modality. Many instructors are also reporting that they have found maintaining the same level of interaction as in physical classrooms and keeping students engaged in these new modalities presents its challenges. In general, it […]
Strategies for Connecting with Students
(2 minute read) At the beginning of the American experience of COVID-19, Doug Lederman asked a number of higher education experts to predict the impact of the pandemic on students and faculty. A number of them suggested that students would need extra support, patience, and flexibility from their teachers – a prediction that has been […]