by Jessica Smith | Jan 31, 2019 | Faculty Focus, Others, TLT HD
We may not want to admit it, but most of us are terrible listeners. We’re distracted, mentally overburdened, and typically fail to practice perspective-taking. Too often, we interact with people on auto-pilot, without giving them much thought. In the busy worlds we...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 23, 2017 | Accessibility, Best Practices, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
A couple years ago, I had a startling wake-up call as an instructor. While wandering the aisles at Target, I received an email from one of my students informing me that she is blind and may need accommodations in my class. I leaned against my cart and realized I had...
by Jessica Smith | Sep 5, 2017 | Best Practices, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
In higher education, teaching is often perceived simply as the transmission of knowledge and that can contribute to our focus on content delivery at the expense of other elements of effective teaching. Educational philosopher John Dewey argued that effective teachers...
by Jessica Smith | Nov 13, 2015 | Best Practices, Pedagogy
Last week, I was commiserating with an instructor about her struggle to engage students in discussion during class. “Sometimes it’s like talking to a brick wall,” she lamented. Facilitating lively conversations that require students to apply, synthesize, and...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 3, 2015 | 1-1-1, Best Practices, instructional technology, TLT
Our guest blogger this week is Louise Ackerman from Health and Human Performance. That might be a slight exaggeration. My experiment with blogging wasn’t a total failure, but it also was not the resounding success I envisioned. Background As the faculty...