Student ratings of teaching are a contested ritual, particularly as they seem tainted by gender bias and low response rates, as reported in a recent column in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Even as this may be the case, the narrative feedback provided by those students who do complete course evaluations may offer some useful […]
“Don’t use Wikipedia!” Educators at every level admonish students: “It isn’t accurate.” Never mind the temptation of plagiarizing. But such edicts at this point are akin to sticking our heads in the sand. As the 5th most searched site globally, with around 8 billion page views a month in English alone, Wikipedia offers easy access […]
Recently, I’ve been examining Brené Brown’s research about vulnerability and it’s really got me thinking about what it means to college and university professors, as well as how it may be acting as a barrier to innovation. I suspect that vulnerability may seem like a strange topic to many of you. However, my experiences, which I share below, […]
I am taking some risks here. This is a T&LI blog so most of our entries deal with technology, but I have another passion in the classroom, and that it is Service Learning. So when brainstorming to write this entry, I was wondering how much interest can Service Learning elicit among technology “inclined” instructors reading […]
Most people think they know what it takes to be a good teacher; in particular, most college instructors think they know how to do it and feel confident that they’re pretty good at it. Except for those few of us who have received formal education in how to teach, we model our approach to teaching […]
