Hosting a guest speaker virtually or in the classroom is potentially a highlight of the semester, but more often than not it is a letdown.
One-minute papers have deservedly become one of the more common classroom activities deployed by teachers. This is consistent with Lang’s (2016a) perspective that “frequent low-stakes
With PhD in hand, I joined the academy without any real teaching training. As I sought to establish my teaching routine and define my teaching
Some students become busy, overwhelmed, or unmotivated by the middle of the semester. This phenomenon has become even more apparent with COVID-19 protocols. Which is
In spring 2020, faculty across the country stood up to the challenging task of not only transitioning and adapting to online modes of instruction but
Higher education has recently changed in faster and more dynamic ways than anticipated. COVID-19 is an immediate factor, but the access to information is more
I once started a speech performing the motions for Itsy Bitsy Spider, and one-by-one, the business men and women joined in, first with the motions
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when
What can you implement in your classes that can review content, establish a foundation for the day’s topic, encourage student participation, and get students prepared
A song of the day. Dungeons & Dragons. Foldable, flap notes. Plickers. This is only a glimpse of the tactics the 2020 Teaching Professor Virtual