This is the third part of the Rethinking Online Discussion Boards series, focusing on ways to develop dialogue and belonging in online environments. In this final post, I look at how feedback also depends on humanizing elements to be effective. Numerous challenges complicate feedback in online environments. Here are two: Providing good feedback takes time, […]
Motivations As I began my role as an assistant professor at CSUCI in Fall 2023, I introduced a “get-to-know-you” questionnaire as the first assignment. This questionnaire invites students to share their motivations for enrolling in the course, along with details about their academic and personal backgrounds, any concerns, and questions they may have for me. […]
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This week, in honor of National HSI Week, TLi is proud to repost “‘Servingness’ Through Culturally Sustaining Learning Design,” by Danna Lomax, Megan Eberhardt-Alstot, and Lorna Gonzalez. This post was originally published on October 24, 2023. Last month, CSUCI celebrated our designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and our identity as a community rich in cultural wealth […]
Last month, CSUCI celebrated our designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and our identity as a community rich in cultural wealth and knowledge. In federal law, the HSI designation is for institutions that enroll a Hispanic-identifying population at a certain numerical threshold (25% or more full-time equivalent enrollment in undergraduate programs). Beyond that enrollment figure, […]
As a faculty member who teaches a mix of online, blended, and in-person courses each semester, I’m always on the lookout for aspects of Canvas that are both useful for students and can save me time in the semester. On this Valentine’s Day (whether you love, hate, or feel neutral about the holiday. Personally, I […]
T. Drescher’s Perspective I am incredibly averse to conflict; it is something that has affected my personal and professional life as early as middle childhood. I’ve spent some time ruminating about how life might be different had I the ability to address interpersonal difficulties head-on, and I’ve concluded that I would have benefited tremendously from […]
Faculty Info Name: Emily FairfaxAcademic Program: ESRMAverage Number of students per section: 40Featured Course: ESRM 100: Introduction to Environmental Science and Resource Management**Part of a living learning community Had you taught online prior to the rapid shift to virtual instruction in response to COVID-19? No, not until the shift (1.5 semesters now). What practice or […]
Assessment & Feedback: How is it really going? It’s the last week of classes for the semester! You have worked so hard and dealt with all of the change, stress and unknowns that have come with this massive shift to virtual teaching, on top of all the impacts the pandemic has had on your own […]
Faculty Info Name: Stacey BeauregardAcademic Program: EnglishAverage Number of students per section: 20Featured Courses: English 102: Strategies of Successful College Writers (four sections) English 330: Interdisciplinary Writing Had you taught online prior to the rapid shift to virtual instruction in response to COVID-19? Yes, for two years prior. What practice or technique have you implemented […]
Faculty Info Name: Hillary TejadaAcademic Program: ChemistryAverage Number of students per section: 25Featured Course: BIOLCHEM 150: Critical Thinking for Science Majors Had you taught online prior to the rapid shift to virtual instruction in response to COVID-19? No, not until the shift in Spring 2019 What practice or technique have you implemented in your course? […]
