by Mendi Benigni | Sep 13, 2021 | Assessment, Best Practices, Pedagogy, PLC
As college professors and educators you know that rigor is important. But do we really know what that word means in relationship to our teaching? I couldn’t find a definition on the CofC website so I decided to do some digging. Merriam-Webster defines rigor...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 5, 2021 | content, Google Apps, Pedagogy, Presentation
Pecha Kucha is a presentation style that consists of only 20 slides with only 20 seconds to discuss each slide. This results in a total presentation of exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The slides are set to automatically advance requiring the speaker to prepare and...
by Mendi Benigni | Jul 23, 2020 | Best Practices, Distance Ed, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy
TLT is excited to share a couple of announcements with you that we hope will serve as resources as you continue to prepare your courses for the fall semester. RESILIENT TEACHING SITE As was shared with faculty in June (attached), the Resilient Teaching Task Force...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 21, 2019 | Assessment, Best Practices, Pedagogy
What is the purpose of Student Learning Outcomes? SLOs help us, faculty/program/ department/school, to determine and define what we want the learners to be able to DO, KNOW, & VALUE as a result of taking the course AND helps us design, evaluate and redesign the...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 12, 2019 | Assessment, Collaboration, Faculty Focus, Pedagogy, Teaching Advice
I was inspired by a Faculty Focus article when creating this newsletter. This article spoke about adding role playing activities to your teaching to act as practicum experience but I think you can take it further. The article states, “Role play can be...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 23, 2019 | Assessment, Best Practices, Pedagogy
WHY WON’T STUDENTS READ/USE THE FEEDBACK I GIVE?A complaint I hear over and over again from faculty is “What can I do to make my students read and use the feedback I give them?” Faculty and teachers spend so much time giving detailed feedback and...