by Steven Volk | Mar 20, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Does Your Syllabus Sound Like You? (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 20, 2025): Supiano describes two tools, from Baylor and MIT, respectively, that faculty can use to examine and improve their own syllabi. Both...
by Steven Volk | Mar 13, 2025 | News of the Week
Many thanks to Mays Imad, Associate Professor of Biology (Connecticut College) for her hugely informative March 12 presentation to the CLT on “Teaching through Discomfort”). Here are the resources from this event: Recording Slides: Learning and Discomfort Article: ...
by Steven Volk | Mar 6, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Survey Says: Students Are Customers (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, March 4, 2025): More than three in five students consider themselves customers of their institution, according to a new analysis of Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice data. Is...
by Steven Volk | Feb 27, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Cultivating Critical Teaching Behaviors (Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed, February 27, 2025): If you’re looking for an entry point into critical teaching behaviors, start by reflecting on your teaching (46-minute podcast)....
by Steven Volk | Feb 20, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning A Gen Ed Success Guide for Students Helps Academic Achievement (Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed, February 20, 2025): The University of Louisville developed a digital textbook to address the hidden curriculum of higher education and prepare...
by Steven Volk | Jan 23, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Making Class Participation Grades Meaningful (Benjamin Rifkin, Inside Higher Ed, January 22, 2025): A call for incentivizing preparation for class discussions and making expectations for student engagement more transparent. Assume the Best:...
