Tea for Teaching

In this episode, we discuss the growing role of microcredentials in higher education with Jill Pippin (Dean of Extended ... Read more

Do your students sometimes settle for a superficial understanding of your course content? Role-playing activities can pr... Read more

Class discussions of race and racism can be difficult for all participants. In this episode, Dr. Cyndi Kernahan joins us... Read more

Now that we have been on summer vacation for a while, we thought it would be useful to take a break from our usual inter... Read more

The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in serious disruptions in everyone’s lives. Traumatic experiences reduce our a... Read more

Dr. David Eubanks created a bit of a stir in the higher ed assessment community with a November 2017 Intersection articl... Read more

Complaints about student writing are embedded in faculty conversations across disciplines. What if the issues with stude... Read more

Do you wish your students knew what was on the syllabus? In this episode, Dr. Christine Harrington joins us to explore h... Read more

Writing can be a struggle for students, especially when they do not see the value or relevance of the writing assignment... Read more

Students can be important ambassadors for our programs, institutions, and disciplines. They are able to understand and s... Read more

When we design our classes, we often focus primarily on the learning objectives that we determine for our students. Migh... Read more

Flipping the classroom is one way to dedicate class time to active learning. In theory it sounds great, but how do you f... Read more

The lecture has dominated instructional practice for several centuries. In the last few decades, though, the lecture mod... Read more

As faculty, we want our classrooms to provide all of our students with a comfortable and productive learning environment... Read more

Many of us strive to be inclusive in our classrooms but may not have the training to be as effective as we want to be. I... Read more

A college degree generally results in higher incomes, more pleasant and more stable jobs, greater life satisfaction, and... Read more

Moving from a familiar instructional format such as lectures to a more active learning environment can be daunting. In t... Read more

As faculty, we face a tradeoff between spending time on  teaching and on research activities. In this episode, Dr. Regan... Read more

Faculty design their classes based on their perceptions of how students learn. These perceptions, though, are not always... Read more

Learning is hard work. The most commonly used study techniques often provoke the illusion of knowing. David Parisian, a ... Read more