Tag: resilient teaching
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Embracing Resilience as a Process
By Jenny Jackson, Clinical Associate Professor, College of Health Resilience. It’s achieved buzzword status in recent years, something we are encouraged to possess (resilience) or strive to be (resilient). According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and…
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Build Resilience! Join a Resilient Teaching Cohort This Winter
Want to be part of a supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching? Join the Winter ’24 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). A small cohort of faculty from across…
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Can AI Tools Reshape the Way We Educate?
By Dr. Shrikant Londhe, Dept. of Chemistry History has shown that when new technologies emerge, there is often resistance and skepticism regarding their adoption. The introduction of tractors and other mechanized equipment received apprehension from farmers in India, who were concerned about their jobs being taken away by machines. However, those who embraced the technology…
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Resilience as Resistance: Defending Higher Education by Finding Ways to Remain
By Kristen D. Herring, Ph.D., School of Communication As early career faculty, many academics build armor. We shield ourselves from attacks on our authority with memorized citations, ambitious research agendas, and cleverly thrifted blazers. The word resilience takes on an unnerving connotation among millennial audiences. We are a generation whose entire adult lives have been…
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Join a Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community This Fall
Searching for a supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Curious about AI tools and other educational technology? Looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching this fall? The Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community is a professional development program sponsored by the Center for Teaching and…
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Spring into Resilient Teaching
Searching for a supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching this spring? Join the Spring ’23 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Academic Technologies. A small cohort of faculty…
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It’s January Again, Time for New Year’s Teaching Resolutions
Every time I teach, there are elements that I notice that I want to change. I often have a clear idea of what needs to be different (often right as I walk back from finishing class), but I do not always get around to making the change. As CTL Executive Director, and someone who reads…
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Enhance Your Teaching While Building Resilience
Looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching this winter? Searching for a supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Join the Fall ’22 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Academic Technologies. A small cohort of faculty…
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Authentic Audiences for Student Learning
About the author: Meg Mobley, Ph.D., is a Senior Instructor in Crop and Soil Science. She develops and teaches blended and Ecampus soil science courses from introductory to graduate level and is active in inclusive curriculum development and faculty instructional support. Her approach to teaching, mentoring, and collaborating is to start with curiosity and empathy…
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Enhance Your Teaching and Build Confidence
Looking for an enjoyable way to reinvigorate your on-campus teaching practice this autumn? Join the Fall ’22 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Communities sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Academic Technologies. A cohort of faculty from across OSU will explore solutions to teaching challenges, share strategies to build resilience in teaching, and…