Engaging Students at a Deeper Level
In his personal writings, Marcus Aurelius wrote, “People who labor all their lives but have no purpose are wasting their time—even when hard at work.”
Noura Badawi, EdD
March 30, 2022
Articles
Refresh Your Enthusiasm for Teaching and Recharge Your Skills at the Teaching Professor Conference
Are you ready to devote three days to recharge your batteries and level up your classroom competence? At the Teaching Professor Conference you’ll meet with
Faculty Focus
March 29, 2022
Big Time Magic: Creative Writing Pedagogy in the Accelerated Learning Program Classroom
Quick: what is your favorite class to teach? Chances are this is not a particularly tough question for most faculty to answer. If you are
Melanie Dusseau, MFA
March 28, 2022
Waking up to Tired Teaching
This article is part of The Path to Wellbeing: Overcoming Burnout and Reigniting Your Teaching special report. Download a FREE copy here. I have been
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
March 25, 2022
Five Techniques for Better Class Discussions
In a recent New York Times opinion essay, University of Virginia senior Emma Camp asserts that she “came to college eager for debate . .
Floyd Cheung, PhD
March 23, 2022
Why the “Why” Matters to Adult Learners
The word pedagogy continues to be bandied about in higher education despite increasing numbers of adults returning to the classroom. Additionally, online asynchronous courses continue
Kristen L. Becker, MLS, MBA, EdD
March 21, 2022
Using Personality Assessments to Build Better Groups
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 25, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. When students learn there will be group work in
Wren Mills, PhD
March 18, 2022
Using Reflective Writing to Get Students Connected with the Material
When I was a sophomore in college, I took my first course in cognitive psychology and fell in love. I was so excited that we
Nikole D. Patson, PhD
March 16, 2022
Distancing Solutions: Three Options for Socially Distant Peer Review Sessions
For many of us, when COVID-19 entered our classrooms certain cherished classroom activities became problematic and potentially hazardous. For those teaching face-to-face, classrooms were suddenly
Jennifer P. Gray, PhD
March 14, 2022
Want to Be a Better Instructor? Teach Something You Don’t Know
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 3, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. A few months after I received my university’s undergraduate
Melanie Springer Mock, PhD
March 11, 2022
