SS Teaching Strategies

Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Where do you start? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described my course outline. The post Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

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Embracing the Silence

First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside. The post Embracing the Silence appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

There are many ways to design a course in higher education, but why do it alone? As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role of an instructional designer (ID) has become necessary.    ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, hi

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term “experiential learning” is sometimes used interchangeably with “applied learning,” which runs the risk of c

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