Tomorrow's Professor
January 27, 2016 by Mathew Mitchell Categories: Instructional Practices
A professor at Stanford runs a website/email service titled Tomorrow's Professor Postings: Online faculty development 100 times per year. The professor is Rick Reis, who works in mechanical engineering. While it may sound like an engineering professor may not have a ton to say about teaching, Rick runs a great service and mainly gets the permission to repost the writings of other professors he finds interesting or provocative. Read more ...
The First 5 Minutes
January 20, 2016 by Mathew Mitchell Categories: Instructional Practices
Recently James Lang published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled Small Changes in Teaching: The First 5 Minutes of Class. In the article he provides 4 quick ways to shift students’ attention from life’s distractions to your course content. In the article James suggests these quick techniques: Read more ...
Spring 2016 Syllabi Templates
January 11, 2016 by Katie Hoffman Categories: Instructional Design
As you begin to prepare for your 2016 spring courses, we have updated the A&S syllabi templates on this website (one for M/W, T/R, and M/W/F).
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