An Argument for Accepting Late Work
With over a decade in training and management of college teachers, I saw late policies ranging from “not one second late, period” to “any time
Steve Wyre EdD
August 21, 2019
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
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Helping Students Learn: Insight from Maryellen
As faculty members prepare to start their classes and courses for the 2019 school year, it’s important to remember that not all students attending college
Teach Strats
August 20, 2019
How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve
Reinard Valentine, MEd, and Melissa Brevetti, PhD
August 19, 2019
Scholarship: More Than Just ‘Publish or Perish’
The area of Scholarship has been defined in a somewhat narrow sense. This is reflected in an article by Plume and van Weijen (2014), where
David E. Balch, PhD
August 16, 2019
The Focus is You: Tracie Addy
This week on The Focus is You, we’re learning a bit more about Tracie Addy, PhD, MPhil, Director of the Center for the Integration of
Teach Strats
August 15, 2019
How to Turn a Check for Plagiarism Into a Teachable Moment
I started teaching economics in higher education almost a decade ago, and yet the memory of the first time I asked a student to meet
Amel Ben Abdesslem, PhD
August 14, 2019
Talk to Text: A Hack on Grading
A wise and dear colleague of mine, now retired, once said to me as we walked to class, “I teach for free; they pay me
Vicki Ingalls
August 12, 2019
Variations to Traditional Multiple-Choice Testing
Many college courses employ multiple choice (MC) tests as a primary means of assessment. Although these are sometimes critiqued (Kaufman, 2001), modifications can be made
Lynne N. Kennette, PhD, Phoebe S. Lin, PhD, and Lisa R. Van Havermaet, PhD
August 9, 2019
The Focus is You: Maryellen and a Muscle Car
To kickstart The Focus is You, a short Q&A that features a different Teach Strats member every Thursday, we’re featuring Maryellen Weimer, editor of The
Teach Strats
August 8, 2019
What! No Textbook?
The approach to course reading described here is not the result of some altruistic action to save students money on textbooks. Nor was it a
Ed Cunliff, PhD
August 7, 2019