As an instructor, walking into a classroom full of students who are eager to participate is always the goal, however, it is not always achieved. While we understand that, in some circumstances, coaxing participation from our students may often be out of our hands, as rainy days, early morning classes, or the occasional off day Read More…
Author: mriel
The Importance of the Individual: Understanding Student Participation and Classroom Habits
Classroom participation, both assessing and grading, can be equally as puzzling as it is exhilarating. Understanding how, why, and when students feel most comfortable to participate is vital in a professor’s participation efforts, as without a comprehensive understanding of the student’s needs in-class activities and classroom engagement activities will certainly underperform. Essentially, this process Read More…
OWI & Multimodal Assignments: A Return to Normal
Throughout my experience with higher education, or just education in general, nothing was more enjoyable than a multimodal project. Having the ability to demonstrate skills, techniques, or other useful knowledge in a fun, interesting modality was always something I looked forward to. In my own experience with dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, specifically, learning Read More…
The Importance of Personalization
by Mitchell Riel At this point in our remote teaching experience I’m sure that a vast majority of instructors would agree that remote instruction is dramatically different than in person instruction. As a result of this, formulating and implementing successful and effective pedagogical decisions into our remote teaching practice has often been a difficult task Read More…
The Shifting State of Resume Construction
As I’m sure that all of us are well aware, the construction of resumes, cover letters, and other professional job materials have to be constructed explicitly, meticulously, and with a set audience in mind in order to reach their maximum effectiveness. This insight is no secret, and it is something that we try to teach Read More…
WordPress Blog and Guiding Theme
Personally, I think utilizing WordPress for the purposes of a class blog is perfect. Seeing as WordPress is pretty intuitive to use (at least in my experience as an undergraduate, though, it has been a while since I’ve played around with the site), it should offer a great platform for creating, sharing, and exchanging thoughts Read More…