October 16, 2023Try A Claim Gameby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 2 William “Quayd” Snell teaches Rhetoric, Argumentation, and other writing courses at Sinclair Community College and Wright State University. Over the years, he has developed the “Try a Claim Game,” a board game…
October 3, 2023Perspectives on Assessment and Feedback: Interview with Rachel Forsyth, Part 2by Aaron TrockiIn my last blog post, I introduced Rachel Forsyth, author of Confident Assessment in Higher Education (2023). She shared her perspectives on what makes assessment practices effective for faculty and students. In this portion of the interview, we moved on…
September 18, 2023Preparing Students to be Literate and Critical AI Usersby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 1 Jessica Gisclair, an Associate Professor of Strategic Communications, is wrestling with how artificial intelligence might change her teaching practices. She is optimistic that educators can leverage AI as a tool to enhance…
September 14, 2023Shaping Student Study Strategiesby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 44 This week’s episode shares an open-access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry and examines how in-class interventions might influence students study strategies: Maurer, Trent W., and Emily Cabay. 2023. “Challenges of Shaping Student Study Strategies for Success: Replication…
September 12, 2023Perspectives on Assessment and Feedback: Interview with Rachel Forsyth, Part 1 by Aaron TrockiWhile exploring various models of assessment and feedback in recent months, an opportunity presented itself to gain some expert perspectives on these topics. I recently met Rachel Forsyth, author of the book Confident Assessment in Higher Education, at the 2023…
August 24, 2023Developing Students’ Metacognition through Peer Educationby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 41 This week’s episode features an open access article from the International Journal for Academic Development and explores how professional development on metacognition informs the practices of peer educators: Wass, Rob Tracy Rogers, Kim Brown, Kelby Smith-Han, Jacqueline Tagg,…
August 22, 2023Learning through Mentoring: Lessons from the Earliest Phase of Lifeby Sabrina ThurmanInfants’ first attempts in learning to walk are characterized by enthusiastic, wholehearted, but unbalanced steps that frequently result in many falls. Learning this novel skill is influenced by the child’s developmental history, or prior experiences, such as being held in…
August 17, 2023Student Engagement with Video Syllabiby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 40 This week’s episode features an article from College Teaching and explores whether video syllabi impact how students engage with syllabus content: Kerrigan, John, and Christina Bifulco. 2023. “Syllabus 2.0: Using Videos to Make the Syllabus Active.” College Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2023.2208817 View a…
August 3, 2023Participation in Classroom Discussionsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 38 This week’s episode features an article from the open-access Teaching & Learning Inquiry and explores what influences students’ participation in class discussions: Parker-Shandal, Crystena. 2023. “Participation in Higher Education Classroom Discussions: How Students’ Identities Influence Perspective Taking and Engagement.” Teaching…
August 1, 2023An Admission and Overview: Models of Assessment and Feedbackby Aaron TrockiThe week before my first teaching experience, I had a 20-minute chat with the assistant department chair on how to teach college students. He handed me a printout of class roles for two lab sections of Introduction to College Algebra—36…
