Posts here are listed in reverse chronological order with the most recent on top
I think we all agree that it’s important for students to “do the reading” in our classes. For many of us, the academic literature is where the conversation is, and where we learn about new… Read More »Yes, our students need to “do the reading.”
On Thursday, February 17th 2022, I co-hosted a workshop with special guest Leigh Graves Wolf on “Time on Task – how much is it, really?” This workshop introduced participants to a tool they can use… Read More »Recording available: Time on Task Workshop
As part of my journey to learn more about Open Educational Resources, I turned to the videos available online from the 2021 Open Education Conference. I clicked around a bit, and I encourage you to… Read More »Open Education: Some Insights and Resources from the 2021 OE Conference
Do you think about socioeconomic class when you teach? Not in terms of the content that you teach but with regard to your own class background and the class background of your students? This question… Read More »How Does Your Class Background Influence Your Teaching Practices?
This post is co-authored between Ali Pavlicek (she/they) academic advisor in UM-D’s START office and Autumm Caines (she/her) instructional designer at UM-D’s Hub for Teaching and Learning Resources. The hardest part about writing this blog… Read More »Can we talk about learning styles? Perspectives from student advising and faculty development
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 34 seconds You might think that teaching asynchronously makes it impossible to invite a guest speaker to your class. A pandemic-era teaching innovation in my class has convinced me that not… Read More »Guest Speakers in Asynchronous Online Courses: Use a Video Discussion Board
As we turn the corner on the Winter semester, many faculty members may start thinking about end-of-the-semester presentations, developing different ways that students can present final research papers, posters, or other course projects. If these… Read More »Oral Presentation “one-pagers”
Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes During the summer and fall of 2021 I was fortunate to participate in the UM-Ann Arbor CRLT LEO program focused on teaching for equity and inclusion. During the fall semester,… Read More »From Teaching for Equity & Inclusion to Reflecting on OER
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This post is cross-posted from the Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online blog where it was originally published on March 15, 2022 The best of intentions When I put together the… Read More »Complicating “flexibility” in online learning from a feminist perspective
When I first started participating in social justice dialogues 16 years ago, I discovered the immense power that exists in a group of people coming together with the intention to grow. It was challenging, uncomfortable,… Read More »Teaching for Equity – An Invitation