Tag: resilient teaching

  • The power of knowledge mapping

    By Islam Hafez, OSU College of Forestry As technology continues to advance, students are now more susceptible to shorter attention spans and information overload. During an entire course, students are exposed to tons of new information. One key challenge with such a plethora of information is that students struggle to organize and connect the various…

  • 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…

  • Resilient teaching and technology

    By Will Later, OSU College of Liberal Arts Depending on how many years a person has been teaching, that person has seen many changes in technology in the classroom. From just chalkboards to having to make transparency copies for the overhead projector or making sure the projector is on, developing online modules in Blackboard or…

  • Elevate your teaching in a faculty learning community: Deadline extended to June 12

    The growth of any craft depends on shared practice and honest dialogue among the people who do it. We grow by trial and error, to be sure—but our willingness to try, and fail, as individuals is severely limited when we are not supported by a community that encourages such risks. – Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach The Center…

  • Incorporating resilient pedagogy within experiential learning

    By Karen Elliott, OSU College of Health As we move into Spring term, it is always filled with so many possibilities and excitement for commencement at the end of the term and of course, the excitement of warmer weather as well! As an internship coordinator, it is one of my busiest terms, with supervising internships in…

  • Will another app actually help me stay organized? This one will.

    By Danielle Skinner, OSU College of Science I am one of those people who finds a new app and thinks, “This. This is going to skyrocket my production and creativity.” I try it for a few weeks, but it never works its way into my routine, or it’s clunky and there are features about it…

  • Adaptability as resiliency

    By Alison Lay Cranston, OSU-Cascades In the spring of 2020, I was I was not yet a faculty member, but my work was dramatically impacted nonetheless.  At the time, I was primarily instructing contract-based outdoor educational and wilderness medicine courses, and I was suddenly out of work.  One by one, my contracts were cancelled, and…

  • Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Teaching Methods

    By Jie Zhang, OSU College of Science Resilient Teaching Voices Series Resilient teaching involves instructors adapting and thriving in the face of challenges, disruptions, and uncertainties. It encourages flexibility, innovation, and the ability to navigate various obstacles in the educational landscape. Resilient teaching involves two aspects to me: being resilient on the instructor side, but…

  • Time to Spring into Resilient Teaching! Apply Now

    As winter gradually begins to give way to another verdant Oregon spring, are you looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching? Want to join a small, supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Join the Spring ’23 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the…

  • Resilient Teaching in Spite of Technology Changes

    By Peder Nelson, Senior Instructor, CEOAS Digital technology has held much promise for discovery, research, and long-term impacts for teaching and learning about nearly any subject. For me, as an instructor of computer-based coursework that attempts to build foundational technology skills along with particular domain expertise that takes us into fundamental concepts about how to…