Me, 2012: Growth mindset is amazing! Now I know why my students aren’t trying, and how to fix it. I’m going to encourage growth mindset in my classroom. Me, 2017: I liked growth mindset…

Like so, so complicated.

Research shows that grades are often not a good reflection of student learning and growth, and that being graded can be stressful for students. In addition, many traditional grading practices ...

The Zoom chat is a tremendous teaching tool. So why aren’t more educators and facilitators using it?

How do I ensure my meeting/class is accessible for all participants? Enable the Closed Captions feature on your account for any meetings or classes that will require closed captions. Closed capti...

Current and archived sites for courses I've taught.

We have all heard people claim to be "visual learners," "auditory learners," or some other type of learner. The belief that people have their own individual ...

Advocates ask teachers to cede authority to students. But what if you are a faculty member of color or an adjunct without much acknowledged authority to share?

Chris Gilliard (@hypervisible) is a leading critic of surveillance technology, digital privacy, and the problematic ways that tech intersects with race and social class. We talk about the automated

Spicy takes from Benjamin Bloom

College instructors have changed their attitudes toward academic integrity in online courses, according to a new report from Wiley.

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I’m back in the podcast editing saddle with two sessions parked in Audacity for the OEG Voices show and hoping I can pin Antonio Vantaggiato down (or get my own schedule in order) for an over…

In a recent survey, a whopping 97% of education professionals agreed that video is essential to students' academic experience.

How to turn a Zoom chat into a useful summary Have you ever wanted to create a useful chat summary from a virtual class meeting, presentation or panel discussion on Zoom (or some other videoconference tool)? For over 10 years now, I’ve been using a strategy I call the “hashtag chat summary” to ...

Today I'm going to begin a workshop by inviting instructors to view their syllabus not as a contract but as a conversation starter. #HigherEd #FacDev https://t.co/op0UC5lpnz

Reflecting on how Wordle works from a pedagogical POV

Despite active learning being recognized as a superior method of instruction in the classroom, a major recent survey found that most college STEM instructors still choose traditional teaching methods. This article addresses the long-standing question of why students and faculty remain resistant to active learning. Comparing passive lectures with active learning using a randomized experimental approach and identical course materials, we find that students in the active classroom learn more, but they feel like they learn less. We show that this negative correlation is caused in part by the increased cognitive effort required during active learning. Faculty who adopt active learning are encouraged to intervene and address this misperception, and we describe a successful example of such an intervention.

In some ways, I get why some people are saying they hate online learning. Almost everyone was forced into it – even those that didn’t choose it originally. We live in a time where most …

For a long time, I’ve been moving in the direction of ungrading. I’ve long known that grades, traditionally-defined and used, don’t reflect actual learning, and indeed often get i…

In just a moment, faculty will begin (or continue) to think about designing their spring courses. This semester may be even harder for everyone than last semester b/c pandemic stress & trauma is cumulative. Here, then, is a 🧵on empathetic, inclusive course design. 1/x