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Estimated engagement time: 5-10 minutes During a busy semester, it can be difficult to find the time to reflect on successes, challenges, and lessons learned from a given teaching experience. There have been so many… Read More »Self-guided teaching reflection: Fall 2020
Read time: 1 min 30 seconds text only or 5 min 44 seconds with video | Exciting news! The UM-D 2021 Winter Canvas Templates have launched and are now available in the Canvas Commons. For… Read More »UM-D 2021 Winter Canvas Templates
Read time: 2min 12seconds Digital Education Day is a once a year event here at University of Michigan – Dearborn (UMD) where members of our community come together to talk about how the digital is impacting… Read More »Digital Education Day – Videos
Grades can cause anxiety for students and stress for instructors. All too often, it can feel like concerns about grades actually get in the way of authentic learning. I interviewed Central New Mexico Community College… Read More »Ungrading can work in STEM: A conversation with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 15 seconds In the recent survey of UM Dearborn student experiences with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of students mentioned that they feel like they are “teaching… Read More »Why do students feel like they are “teaching themselves” and how can instructors respond?
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute 15 seconds This is still a semester to approach with care, for both faculty and students. We know faculty are facing unusual challenges and taking on significant work. Many of our… Read More »Avoiding Incompletes: Strategies to Help Underperforming Students
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 22 seconds We love our Hub friends, the faculty who come to lots of workshops, reach out with questions, or stay in touch to talk about teaching. We are always interested… Read More »Become a Hub Affiliate
How to design office hours so that students actually come This week during the Hub coffee hour we discussed how to handle office hours – now that none of us are working in offices on… Read More »Office Hours or Coffee Hours?
This week during the Hub coffee hour we discussed how to collect and respond effectively to student feedback in online courses. Watch the recording of our conversation Why collect student feedback? There are several great… Read More »Checking in: How to collect and respond to student feedback online
Reading time: 1 min 40 seconds Quick Excerpt: To help with those who are new to online community building I’ve partnered with Maha Bali and Mia Zamora from my personal/professional network and the professional organization… Read More »Building Community in Online Classes