…definition, an FLC is “a specifically structured community of practice that includes the key goals of building community, engaging in scholarly teaching, and the development of scholarship of teaching and…
…recorded that final speech class, I decided to use my students’ comments as the basis for my advice. Tip #1. Build a community of learners. Many students mentioned that it…
…Sellers, who teach beginning accounting courses, wanted to use quizzes in the usual ways—to get students coming to class having done the reading, to arrive in class on time, and…
Cynthia Schmitt, senior director of continuing education at Florida Institute of Technology, tries to make the online learning experience comfortable and efficient for students. Students want their courses to be…
…further engage our students in the content and enhance the learning environment. However, when it comes to our growth as teachers, we typically don’t employ this practice with ourselves. Teaching…
Bridging that gap between the classroom and the real world is one of my main goals as a faculty member. When I first started teaching, fresh out of the professional…
…authors describe the goals and offer illustrations of writing assignments developmentally appropriate in beginning, intermediate, and advanced psychology courses. Their justification makes sense in any discipline. “If the psychology curriculum…
The use of student learning outcomes (SLOs) is commonplace at regionally accredited colleges and universities in the United States. I have been working with SLOs in one form or another…
