blog posts

• Teaching and Technology

  Oct 31, 2011 8:00 am

  Teaching and Technology. This article, by Steven J. Corbett at Inside Higher Ed, describes one instructor's experience with using technology to teach writing.  In the process, he offers several helpful suggestions and links that can help you decide what role technology should play in your course. Click here for the article.

   

• Getting the Most from Student Peer Review

  Oct 20, 2011 8:00 am

  Getting the Most from Student Peer Review. Peer review has the potential to give your students feedback from multiple points of view.To ensure that this feedback is high quality, consider using this form from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard. Click here for the form.

• Journals that Publish the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

  Oct 20, 2011 8:00 am

  Journals that Publish the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning. Sometimes the best advice is the most specific advice.  Use this list from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kennesaw State University to help you find journals that publish articles in your field on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Here is the list of journals.

• Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching

  Oct 6, 2011 8:00 am

  Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching.  Becoming a reflective teacher begins with asking yourself questions about your teaching and ways in which to improve your students' learning. Here's a sample list of questions from Larry Ferlazzo to get you started.

   

• A Model of Learning Objectives

  Oct 6, 2011 8:00 am

  A Model of Learning Objectives. If you're not already familiar with Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, you may find it to be a useful guide for asking effective questions, developing learning objectives, and writing test items. Click here to learn more about Bloom's Taxonomy. Note: There will be a CTE workshop on Effective Multiple-Choice Test Design on Oct. 25th.

• Before You Skip My Class

  Sep 22, 2011 8:00 am

  Before You Skip My Class.  Your syllabus should already contain an attendance policy.  Even if it doesn't, you'll need to deal with students who skip your class.  J. Ben Deaton from the Georgia Institute of Technology discusses the four types of students you may encounter, and makes his own suggestions about how to approach them. Click here to read. 

• The Importance of Early Feedback

  Sep 22, 2011 8:00 am

  The Importance of Early Feedback. Student feedback needn't be collected only through ICES.  If you haven't collected feedback about how your class is doing, then read this article to understand how feedback is a valuable part of any semester, and the particular importance of early feedback.  Read the article here. Don't forget CTE's workshop about Informal Early Feedback (IEF) on Sept. 27, 2011.

• Learning Students' Names

  Aug 23, 2011 8:00 am

  Learning Students' Names. Research indicates that knowing students' names makes for a better semester for you and your students.  Here are some ideas from the Office of Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln to start your semester off right.  Click here for ideas.

• The Add/Drop Period and Your Syllabus

  Aug 23, 2011 8:00 am

  The Add/Drop Period and Your Syllabus. Many students "shop around" during the first week or two of classes.

  Will this affect the beginning of your course?  Jason B.  Jones of ProfHacker at the Chronicle of Higher Education offers some observations to get you thinking about how to handle this period of the semester. Click here for the article.

• A "Radical" Course Revision

  Jun 7, 2011 8:00 am

  A "Radical" Course Revision. Summer is a great time to revisit last year's courses and improve them for the coming year.  This article by Julie Stout of Indiana University describes her experiences revising courses and offers advice on the process.  Click here to learn more.  Note: to learn more, please visit CTE's list of summer workshops.