Email is the information currency of the professional world, and the number one way professional people communicate. Focus on the subject line, greeting, body of the email, and signature to demonstrate professionalism in your email communication. Subject Line When emailing faculty, include a brief description of what the email is regarding and the course and … Continue reading A Quick Guide on How to Write Professional Emails: Student Edition
Peer Evaluations Can Lead to Teaching Excellence
Peer teaching evaluations can make even exceptional educators feel anxious or skeptical. But they don’t have to. As long as teaching and learning have worked together to create dynamic classroom environments, the educator and the peer observer have benefitted from this formative collaboration. And here’s how. When we send a manuscript to a peer-reviewed … Continue reading Peer Evaluations Can Lead to Teaching Excellence
A Student-Centered Approach to Communication
A recent Pathify study reported the average click rate of emails in higher ed is less than 7%, even though email is the primary mode many institutions use to communicate important information to faculty, staff, and students. Right before the Pandemic, I also discovered that student responses to my emails had noticeably declined. More students … Continue reading A Student-Centered Approach to Communication