Grading consumes much of our time and effort as faculty members, and it's the place where our feedback can make a great difference in students' ability to learn and succeed. The Grading and Growth Mindset workshop features Dr. Lex Lancaster, assistant professor of Art History, sharing their research and experiences with contract grading/specifications grading. Contract grading offers an alternative to … Continue reading Grading and Growth Mindset Workshop
Bubbles & Biases
Image is taken from NBC News By Toni DiMella After two years of virtual conferences and webinars, when my email dings with yet another online anything I usually just ignore it. But when I saw that Sandra McGuire and Bonni Stachowiak were the keynote speakers for the 2020 Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference presented … Continue reading Bubbles & Biases
Distracted: Helping Students Stay Engaged
Image from "Managing Your Distractions" by Silver (2020) By Jennifer Bland Have you noticed your students’ focus wandering during class? Neuroscientist John Medina found that “the brain begins to wander at about 10 minutes, at which point you need a new stimulus to spark interest. That doesn’t mean you can’t focus for longer than 10 minutes; … Continue reading Distracted: Helping Students Stay Engaged
Strategies for Improving Faculty Well-Being
By Kristen Stevenson Let’s face it: teaching is hard. It is emotional, it is exhausting, and it can make you burn the candle on both ends. It is also rewarding, exhilarating, and worth the effort. Teaching requires emotional labor, “the management of feeling to create a publicly observable facial and bodily display” as we see … Continue reading Strategies for Improving Faculty Well-Being