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Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Like many faculty teaching remotely, I faced challenges with student engagement, participation, and feedback, as well as balancing planned and impromptu course activities. In response, I explored using Google Docs to create productive and playful collaborative spaces inspired by Marie Foulston’s informal “Party in a Shared Google Doc” social experiment.
Connecting With Students As A Motivator For Learning, Michelle Arroyo
Connecting With Students As A Motivator For Learning, Michelle Arroyo
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Students want to feel cared for and that their instructors have their best educational interests in mind. Having an instructor who demonstrates compassion and shows empathy toward students creates a positive classroom climate and the course is more meaningful to the students at UNLV.
Volunteering In The Community: Combining Service And Learning, Elena Gandia Garcia
Volunteering In The Community: Combining Service And Learning, Elena Gandia Garcia
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Most of the patients who use the services offered by the Lied Pediatric Clinic are minorities (70%), and half of those patients are Hispanic. The clinic lacks of professional interpreters to help monolingual doctors and residents to communicate with their patients.
Approaching Intersections In The Classroom, Shelly Volsche
Approaching Intersections In The Classroom, Shelly Volsche
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Most university professionals are accustomed to understanding diversity by demographics.
Critical Service Learning, Anna C. Smedly-Lopez
Critical Service Learning, Anna C. Smedly-Lopez
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Service Learning Initiative for Community Engagement in Sociology (SLICES) is a critical, research-focused, community-based, leadership and knowledge project. By engaging in Community Based Participatory Action Research Projects (CBPAR) students have an opportunity to work multiple semesters, if they choose, to develop research skills, serve in leadership roles, serve and collaborate with local organization, and engage in professional development.