Tag: engagement
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Student-run dialogue workshop on balancing the value and costs of higher education
By James Taplin, OSU College of Business Thursday, February 26, from 6 to 8 p.m., Austin Hall 100 Is college a launchpad for possibility or the world’s most expensive group project? Before you answer, pull up a chair. This student‑run dialogue workshop invites participants—OSU students, faculty, and staff—to question, challenge, and rethink what higher education…
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CTL’s February lineup: Advancing teaching excellence
CTL and its partners are offering a robust slate of February faculty development events with topics ranging from Canvas to AI to strategies for fostering student engagement. We hope you will join us and add your voice to these conversations. Register now! Workshop: Crafting Clear AI Guidelines and Syllabus Statements That Work Learn practical ways…
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Building resiliency in a new arena
By Michelle Murphy, OSU College of Education Resilient Teaching Voices Series As a new instructor at the College of Education in the Department of Practice and Research, I have learned a new skill set to maintain resilience during great change. In August, I made a significant decision to transition from the K-12 world to higher…
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Unearthing the unknown-unknowns: Using a backchannel for resilient teaching
By Demian Hommel, OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences We’ve all been there: facilitating a carefully planned class session, only to realize that students seem lost or hesitant to ask questions. Often, it’s the “unknown-unknowns”—the gaps in understanding that we, ourselves, aren’t aware of—that trip us up. To surface these, I’ve adopted an…
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Sparked by a Sparkshop: Rethinking Think-Pair-Share
By Kara Clevinger Think-Pair-Share is an inclusive learning strategy that has evolved quite a bit since Frank Lyman first introduced it in 1981. Lyman’s approach was originally presented as Listen-Think-Pair-Share: students listen to a question posed by the instructor, take some time to think about it, pair up with a peer to discuss their answers,…
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Join the Quality Teaching Talk on Oct. 31: Questions as Teaching Tools
By Emma Larkins, Center for Teaching and Learning CTL invites speakers to share pedagogical practices and strategies that can help bring the Quality Teaching (QT) framework to life for learning communities at OSU. Each QT Talk homes in on a principle from the framework with a focus on imparting tangible, practical ways to bring it…
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Exciting and Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Post-COVID Classroom
Join us: Keynote Speaker Dwaine Plaza and Professor of Sociology will present “What is good teaching in the Post-Covid 19 classroom.” This is still a key question that faculty are currently wrestling with in higher education because the culture and students’ expectations have dramatically changed since March 2020. During this presentation, he will use his…
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SPARKSHOPS
Sparkshops – Learn, Reflect, Renew, Refocus Join us for the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Sparkshop: Engaging students through effective questioning: Strategies and tips on October 15, 12-12:45 PM. Login information: Register for Zoom Sparkshops focus on evidence-informed teaching practices that faculty can easily implement to support student engagement and learning success. They are meant to…
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WIC Workshop: How to design accessible and engaging course material.
The Writing Intensive Curriculum Program Workshop: “How to design accessible and engaging course material.” Sept 20 | 12 – 12:50 PM | Milam 215 (zoom available). In this workshop, Design faculty members Christine Gallagher, Deann Garcia, and Andrea Marks will teach easy-to-apply design principles. (You’ll also learn what not to do!) This will be an…
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Facilitating Online Discussions in Blended and Remote Courses – Why Does It Matter?
By Beata Anderson, Blended Learning Intern, Center for Teaching and Learning Discussion between students and faculty plays an important role in teaching and learning. Consistent interaction helps students improve their education outcomes and helps educators support the learning and success of all their students. “Education researchers and curriculum designers attach important roles to learning through…