by Steven Volk | Jan 19, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning How to Help Students Learn from Setbacks/Final Grades in an Ungraded Course (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2024): Insights from a recent study on how students learn from “critical incidents” — challenges that raise...
by Steven Volk | Jan 12, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Course Design as a Gateway to Student Well-Being (Demian Hommel and Bradley Cohen, Faculty Focus, January 10, 2024): Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate...
by Steven Volk | Jan 5, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning How to Embrace the Power of Extrinsic Motivation in Class (James M. Lang and Kristi Rudenga, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 4, 2024): Grades and deadlines don’t have to be the bad guys of college teaching. Put Your Teaching Evaluations in...
by Steven Volk | Dec 15, 2023 | News of the Week
Dear (Tired) Readers: Always faithful to traditions – I’m speaking of the traditional exhaustion which ramps up after Thanksgiving – the News of the Week is looking forward to taking a breather. We’ll be back in your inboxes on January 5, full of vim and vigor and...
by Steven Volk | Dec 8, 2023 | News of the Week
“Do Faculty of Color Really Matter for the Liberal Arts?” Professors Irene López (Psychology) and Simon Garcia (Chemistry), both of Kenyon College, presented this significant and timely webinar on behalf of the GLCA/GLAA’s Consortium for Teaching and Learning on...
