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A note to readers: I have chosen to put hyperlinks at the end rather than throughout the post. For me, links add to the jumping mind and difficulty focusing that I experience online. I am… Read More »Pedagogy in Reactionary Times
By Patrick Beauchesne, Hub Faculty Affiliate 2022 (added to blog by Jessica Riviere) “The physiological response to stress…evolved in the context of acute stressors. The chronic nature of stress in modern life forces the body… Read More »Collective Care is Self-Care
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been getting a lot of attention lately but was especially boosted in late 2022 with OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT. These technologies can generate unique content through simple plain language prompting.… Read More »Generative AI at University of Michigan – Dearborn
Digital Education Day 2023 Keynote AddressDr. Amy Collier On Feb 10, 2023, UM-Dearborn, UM-Flint, Henry Ford College, and Mott Community College were happy to kick off the seventh annual Digital Education Days event with a… Read More »We cannot “Return to Normal”
Making our teaching accessible to all of our students sends the message that “you belong” and creates better learning experiences for all of us. UM-Dearborn’s Disability and Accessibility Services offered an opportunity for faculty to… Read More »Five ways Disability and Accessibility Services Supports Faculty and Students, Video and Recap
I have been researching Open Education (OE) textbooks and resources for teaching an upper-level essay/creative nonfiction class, and when starting to look for available texts, I imagined I might find something I could use that… Read More »On Teaching Essay Writing: a landscape of Open Education Resources
Did you know that you can get paid to learn about, find, review, adopt, and even create Open Educational Resources (OER)? It can often be hard to find the time and support to research OER… Read More »Have you heard about the Open Education Grants available for faculty and staff?
I think that too often when we talk about accessibility we don’t talk about teaching for equity and vice versa. I really appreciated the opportunity to talk about where these things intersect at a recent… Read More »Combining Accessibility and Teaching for Equity
Author: Patrick Beauchesne one of our 2021-2022 Hub Faculty Affiliates Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash “A punishing intensification of work has become an endemic feature of academic life. Again, serious discussion of this is… Read More »The Invisible Wounds of Workaholism: Pushing Back Against Academic Conventions
Have you been looking for an opportunity to engage deeply with inclusive teaching? Are you wondering how to equitably incorporate PBL and other active learning techniques into your course? The Hub for Teaching and Learning… Read More »Announcing Scholar in Residence for this year: Prof. Bryan Dewsbury