Tag: resilience
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Resiliency in a profession filled with fur, feathers and frustrations
By Lilian Wong, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine A 2019 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study showed that veterinarians are between two to four times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. Given the mental health epidemic in my profession, resiliency is something my students, colleagues, and I think about on a…
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Generative AI: Gearing up for Fall ’24
Wondering how to develop an AI policy for future courses? Trying to sort out potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI in your teaching? How about AI detectors? Just want to find out more about AI tools and maybe start using them in your own work? Good news! OSU has numerous resources to support instructional…
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The role of gratitude in resilient teaching
By Ashley D’Antonio, OSU College of Forestry Resilience is one of the first concepts I learned as a recreation ecologist. In recreation ecology, “resilience” is the ability of part of an ecosystem (i.e., vegetation, wildlife) to recover from the disturbance caused by outdoor recreation. I think about resilient teaching similarly, as the ability of a…
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CUREs to increase student resilience
By Nate Kirk, OSU College of Science The fear of failure can be demotivating and counterproductive to taking the first couple steps forward. There is a large volume of literature describing this fear to emotional states (e.g. nervousness and anxiety), personality (e.g. having a fixed mindset that one is not capable of achieving the goal)…