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Enthusiasm Statements

Teaching and learning depend on building and sustaining student interest…

Required Syllabus Elements

All Simpson syllabi are supposed to include information about contact…

Syllabus Review Game with Kahoot!

I just learned about a free online tool you could…

Videos: Teaching Veterans

What Learning Activities Help Student Veterans Succeed? Simpson College has…

Video: Getting Students to Read Before Class

Do I Get Students to Read the Assignments Before Class?…

Socratic Smackdown

One of my favorite blogs, FreeTech4Teachers, recently shared materials about…

Online Peer Review with the Workshop Tool

The Workshop tool provides you with the ability to have…

Video: Critical Reflection

How Can I Promote Deep Learning through Critical Reflection? Last…

Adding Campus Events to Your Personal Calendar

Faculty development and forum both offer lots of events that…

Q & A Forum in Scholar

Scholar has a variety of different types of discussion forums.…

Peer Review of Thesis Statements

I’m currently teaching a Simpson Colloquium course, and my students…

Video: Deep, Lasting Student Learning

How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Student Learning? Linda Suskie…

Video: Increasing Class Participation

I often hear faculty say that they wish they could get…

Showing YouTube Videos in Class

YouTube has numerous videos worth showing in class; however, the…

Inclusive Teaching: Financial Award Available

The faculty development office would like to encourage you to…

Grading Assignments with a Marking Guide on Scholar

Did you know that Scholar assignments can be graded with…

Video: Managing Stress

What Can I Do about Feeling Tired, Stressed, and Burned…

Scholar Gradebook: Dropping Lowest Grade

Someone recently asked me whether Scholar can drop the lowest…

Teaching Tip: One Sentence Summary

Angelo and Cross (1993) describe 50 different classroom assessment techniques…

Video: Feedback to Improve Student Writing

How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing? Maryellen…

Analyzing Drafts with Word Clouds

One interesting way of helping students analyze drafts of their…

Kaizena: Providing Digital Feedback on Papers

I recently discovered a useful, free tool for giving students…

Video: Creating Engaging Threaded Discussions

How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions? A properly…

Active Learning: Six Concrete Examples

Active learning involves getting students doing things in class.  Many…

‘Everyday Racism’ App

‘Everyday Racism’ is “a unique educational game that will challenge…

Video: Making Exams about Learning Rather than Grades

How Can I Make My Exams about Learning, Less about…

MERLOT II: Finding Online Resources

MERLOT II is a searchable collection of online resources you…

myBrainShark

This weekend I offered a session on teaching with an…

Video: Teaching Students with Asperger’s Disorder

What Do I Do if I Suspect a Student Has…

Spam Filter versus Junk Mail

Using Simpson’s Spam Filter Junk Mail is a folder within…

Scholar Tip: Viewing Individual Student’s Forum Posts

Even though Simpson has been running version 2 of Scholar…

Video: Creating Effective Mini-Lectures

How Can I Create Effective Mini-Lectures With its balanced blend…

Video: Blended Learning – What to Put Online

In Blended Courses, What Should Students Do Online? A 2009…

Video: Making Students Responsible for Learning

Learner-Centered Teaching – Where Should I Start? Are you interested…

Online Resources: Teamwork

Because I am using a group project in one of…

Scholar Tip: Adding Headings and Text

Could you Scholar site benefit from a little more organization…

Video: Discussing Academic Integrity on the First Day of Class

How Do I Discuss Academic Integrity During the First Class?…

Video: Capturing Students’ Interest

How Can I Capture Students’ Interest in the First 5…

Scholar Tip: Add Multiple Files in Just One Step

Did you know that you don’t need to click “+Add…