Tag: resilient teaching voices
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Applying the self-determination theory to foster resilience
By Jess Coughlin, OSU-Cascades Resilient Teaching Voices Series I am confident that most of us working in higher education would agree that the past year has required a more purposeful effort to be resilient. We are constantly adapting during a disruptive time period in higher education. The original purpose of this blog post was meant…
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Resilience is more than a word
By Luhui Whitebear, OSU College of Liberal Arts Resilient Teaching Voices Series As an Indigenous woman, I have heard the word resilient used many times to describe our communities and nations. I am a descendant of my ancestors that survived genocide, the daughter of activists that fought for the rights we have, and a single…
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Teaching on the edge
By Rachael Cate, OSU College of Engineering Resilient Teaching Voices Series Becoming more resilient as a teacher didn’t just sound appealing—it felt essential. I’m Type A, with two young children (ages 6 and 3), and I struggle to recognize when “good enough” is truly enough. The constant flood of information, tools, opinions, and choices leaves…
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Is it possible to use AI responsibly?
By Chris Kneifl, OSU College of Liberal Arts Resilient Teaching Voices Series Editor’s note: Student names in this post have been changed to protect privacy. I hadn’t planned to talk about AI with Rachel. She came to my office hours for a casual chat, but we ended up talking about the state of academia in…
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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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How do you define resiliency?
By Matt Kennedy, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Resilient Teaching Voices Series What is resiliency to you? As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary: It is the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. I’ve been teaching at Oregon State University since the fall of 2008 and as I look at the…
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Community at the heart of resiliency
By Kryn Freehling-Burton, OSU School of Language, Culture, and Society Reflecting on my own teaching and learning consistently leads me to community. Compassion, nourishment, learning, and creativity run through my own resiliency and the ways I see students respond in the classroom, particularly since the pandemic lockdown. All of these are sharpened in community. “When we decide to…
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Resilient teaching in an Abnormal Psychology course
By Deborah Becht-Buss, OSU-Cascades Resilient teaching often means letting go of control—trusting students to find their own pathways to understanding. In my Abnormal Psychology course, this meant saying yes when a student asked, “Can I use Piglet to explain anxiety?” The result has transformed not only how my students learn, but how I teach. The…
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Resilient teaching and first-year students
By June Morris, OSU College of Education Leaving home and coming to college is fraught with anxiety over the many unknowns. Our first term freshmen grapple with being thrust overnight into a world where they don’t yet understand the norms that define college life. They may come to us as high school scholars, but that…
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A case for “slow teaching”
By Sindya Bhanoo, OSU College of Liberal Arts Intentional Tech by Derek Bruff explores different ways in which instructors can effectively and creatively use technology in their classrooms. The word technology brings apps, devices, and online collaborations to mind but in Chapter 4 of his book, Bruff highlights a piece of technology: the sticky note.…