Original article posted on The Teaching Professor here. A lot of professors assign readings as follows: students read a piece of text, respond to it in some way, and
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Making Mental Health More “Visible” in Your Course
Six students failed my child development course this past semester. Out of 25.That’s right, almost one-quarter of them did not pass.I’m certainly not proud of it. In fact,
Teaching Online: What Do Students Wish You Knew? (2021 Edition)
If you follow my blog, you’ve heard of my series, What Do Students Wish You Knew? Each semester, I ask my students what they wished their professors would
A Low-Tech Document Camera for Teaching Online
When teaching online, do you ever need to write on the virtual chalkboard? Or show your hands and materials on a table? I do. Since I teach math
How to Help Students Stay on Top of Things
You ever have students miss an assignment? Or forget to do something they’re supposed to do? Or just in general get easily confused about class? I do. It
Teaching College Tip #6
Provide an optional final. This is a collection of questions pulled from the weekly quizzes. It your course is scored out of 1000 points, this final could be
Teaching College TIP #03: Let Students Choose the Breakout Room
When students are synchronously working on an assignment or task, give them a choice as to how they want to work. One way is to create different breakout
TEACHING COLLEGE TIP #07: Less Tests, More Interviews
Going forward, I’ll share some of my readers’ best tips for teaching online. They will be short and random (I won’t start at #1) . . . AND I
“Touching Your Students”: No, It’s Not What You Think
If you’re teaching online, you WILL lose students. Some will engage less. Others will disappear. Why? Many reasons, of course. But today, I’m focused on one: Because online,
PODCAST: How to Self Publish a Profitable Book
GradBlogger podcast host Dr. Chris Cloney and I talk about my self-publishing experiences and how professors can turn their expertise into a potentially profitable book. This is for