Maryellen Weimer, the keynote speaker at last year’s South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning, had another great blog post this week where she compares the Ideal Professor with the Typical Professor. She cites a research study where junior and … Continue reading
Sandra Rogers, who has taught in the Department of Developmental Studies and worked with the English Language Center, recently developed a screencast on how to create a Personal Learning Environment using a wiki. We thought you might find it interesting.
Image by Kevin Spear There have been a variety of studies in recent years looking at student motivation in online courses. The primary challenge, most agree, is building a sense of community that engages students in the learning experience. … Continue reading
With the expansion of education into online environment, one of the challenges an instructor faces is seemingly impersonal character of online learning. To overcome this barrier, instructors record their lectures, presentations, notes and feedback and publish them in their courses … Continue reading
This week, Rob Jenkins, a regular contributor to The Chronicle, wrote an excellent piece on philosophies of teaching. Most of us have, at some point, written a philosophy of teaching, almost always in the process of trying to get a … Continue reading
Effective instructors know the value found in being a sponge for knowledge. By constantly looking for ways to improve, we become better at our jobs and our students learn to become more effective at generating and consuming knowledge. Providing students … Continue reading