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The Show Must Go On: Challenges, Questions, And Pedagogical Pivots In Response To Covid-19, Patrick S. De Walt

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

On March 18, 2020, many universities and university systems had or were in their initial stages of transitioning to virtual teaching as a result of COVID-19. This transition had varied effects on all aspects of the university community. This paper explores this transition through the teaching experiences of a tenure-track professor during the pandemic. The examination of six sections of a capstone undergraduate course over the course of three semesters was conducted. Through self-reflection, many of the challenges faced shifting from face-to-face to a virtual environment were discussed. Among some of the challenges and limitations experienced when teaching nontraditional and/or …

Small Changes For A Big Impact: A Review Of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science In Online Classrooms By Flower Darby, Julia M. Gossard

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

A review of Flower Darby’s 2019 Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classrooms. This article provides a narrative review of Darby’s work and the “small teaching approach,” focusing on the practical skills that Darby provides for the online classroom. Comments are gleaned from the author and two learning circles (one sponsored by USU and another independent) on the book.

Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 5, Issue 2, Fall 2021

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

The full Fall 2021 issue (Volume 5, Issue 2) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

Perceptions Of Occupationally Trained Technical College Faculty On Their Preparedness To Teach And On The Need For Professional Development: A Phenomenological Study, Brandon Hudson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative, phenomenological study examines the perceptions of occupationally trained Tennessee technical college faculty on their preparedness to teach after being hired directly from industry and on the need for professional development and training on instructional and classroom strategies. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted by Zoom with instructors from three technical college program areas, Industrial Maintenance, Machine Tool Technology, and Welding. Participants represented institutions from each grand division of Tennessee, West, Middle, and East, plus Upper East. As a result of the data analysis, common themes, including a “here are your keys” approach to instructor induction, a reliance on other …

Integrating Empathy Pedagogy With Feminist Thought And Social Justice Praxis, Ashlyn Elizabeth Brown

Institute for the Humanities Theses

This thesis outlines the need for empathy pedagogy in higher education. It will examine how empathy pedagogy can be integrated with feminist thought and social justice praxis. I argue that when we integrate empathy pedagogy with feminist thought and social justice, we are building the capacity for students to understand others’ lives in oppression. Furthermore, an integrated modality of teaching empathy will allow students to foster the traits of empathy within themselves; students are then better able to act as agents of social change by utilizing the traits of empathy to actively listen, self-reflect, and mindfully engage with other lived …

Legal Research & Writing: An Undergraduate Pre-Law Course Design, Rachel Kathleen Strieber

Senior Theses

The purpose of this project-based thesis is to develop an undergraduate pre-law course that teaches legal research and writing (LRW) and to design its respective description, topics, reading materials, sample syllabus document, and a sample lesson plan. The research portion of this thesis will study the pedagogy of LRW and the connection between LRW skills and the students’ success in law school and careers in law. Preparing students to excel in LRW skills prior to law school through the proposed undergraduate pre-law LRW course will yield a stronger performance in a first-year law LRW course to follow and amplify students’ …

Exploring Professional Development Models For Dei Pedagogies, Melanie Sellar

Staff publications, research, and presentations

While our institution has provided many workshops to kick-start DEI awareness, we are exploring different professional development (PD) models for the library. There are many possible ways to structure our professional learning, from reading groups, caucus or affinity groups, communities of practices, and professional learning communities. This lightning presentation reviews and analyzes different PD models for supporting information literacy instructors’ growth in DEI pedagogies and will share the path that SCU Library has chosen for our work.

Preparing Cacrep-Accredited Doctoral Students To Teach, Meredith Lt Montgomery, Mei Tang

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Counselor education literature addresses training of future counselors although little is known about the preparation of doctoral students as teachers. This qualitative thematic analysis utilizes a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) theoretical framework and a Contextualism philosophical framework to answer the question: How are doctoral students in CACREP-accredited doctoral programs prepared to teach? Faculty (n=6) and students (n=10) from ten CACREP-accredited Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) programs across the United States participated. A narrative description of the process of preparing doctoral students to teach is based on three identified themes: relationship, pedagogy, and effort. Implications include a need for stewardship of …

Jcctl Mailer – February 26, 2021, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on February 26, 2021.

Contents:

Moodle-related PSA: Formatting PDF files in Apple Preview

Readings & Resources

• Three things that the workload dilemma might really be about
• How to use student feedback to improve your online course
• Teaching and mentoring resources from the JCCTL

Upcoming Events:

• Friday Forum: Faculty and Student Perspectives on Open Education at Gettysburg College

Grants and other Funding Opportunities

• Johnson Creative Teaching Summer Grant
• Johnson Teaching Grant
• Digital Literacy Assignment Grant
• The Johnson Center Teaching with Special Collections Grant
• Mellon Grant Opportunity …

Jcctl Mailer – January 28, 2021, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on January 28, 2021.

Contents:

Upcoming Events:

• An effective first day of class

Readings & Resources

• Are we assigning too much work to our students?
• Resource guides: Rethinking the syllabus and "derailment prevention"

Grants and other Funding Opportunities

• Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants
• Faculty-Created Working Group

Jcctl Mailer – January 19, 2021, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on January 19, 2021.

Contents:

Upcoming Events:

• What you say and how you say it: The Syllabus as a guiding document
• Derailment prevention: Course design strategies for fostering respectful dialogue
• Understanding our students’ lives outside the classroom
• An effective first day of class

Readings & Resources

• 8 Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout, Flower Darby
• What do we do and say on the all-important first day of class

Grants and other Funding Opportunities

• Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants
• Faculty-Created Working Group

Jcctl Mailer – January 14, 2021, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on January 14, 2021.

Contents:

Upcoming Events:

• What you say and how you say it: The Syllabus as a guiding document
• Derailment prevention: Course design strategies for fostering respectful dialogue

Grant and other Funding Opportunities

• Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants
• Faculty-Created Working Group

Other Recommended Resources

• How to Teach a Good First Day of Class, James M. Lang
• First Day of Class, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
• Leading Lines podcast
• National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, Spring Webinar Schedule

Implementation Plans For Course Redesigns: An Exploration Of Identified Strategies, Rebecca Campbell, Benjamin Blankenship

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Institutions are redesigning gateway courses—lower-division courses known to create student success bottlenecks—to influence persistence and completion goals. These initiatives, student success course redesigns (SSCR), are specialized versions of course design institutes (CDIs). This investigation into SSCRs uses content analysis to examine the implementation plans created during a SSCR. Results demonstrated that the majority of the strategies planned focused on the Learning key performance indicator (KPI), and the minority of the planned-for strategies focused on the Monitoring Student Performance KPI. A more granular analysis of the Learning strategies revealed five themes: Content, Assessment, Pedagogy, Syllabus, and Student Success. Additional results indicated …

Beyond Instructional Development: An Exploration Of Using Formal Pedagogy Training To Benefit Perceived Quality Of Life And Sense Of Community In Graduate Students, Matthew Mahavongtrakul, Ashley Hooper, Daniel Mann, Brian Sato

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The Association of American Colleges and Universities calls for improvements in teaching preparation in graduate programs as a transferable skill for future faculty. However, the amount of institutional and faculty support for these programs is limited. For the relatively few programs that exist, rarely do they have their outcomes assessed in a data-driven manner. This is disconcerting considering that participation in professional development can improve work-life balance, and graduate students often work long hours, suffer from mental health issues, and face increasing career competition. In this case study, we explore how two teaching development programs impacted pedagogical knowledge, perceived quality …

Anth 110: Introduction To Anthropology: A Peer Review Of Teaching Benchmark Memo, Taylor A. Livingston

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This portfolio examines the extent to which the learning outcomes for Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 110) were met through course assessments. The primary goal of this course is for students to engage with anthropological content, by introducing students to an anthropological perspective, which requires looking at issues from multiple contexts (holism), and having students add this to their “tool kit” to help them make sense of what they believe, why they believe it, and how to make sense of the world around them and their place in it. The alignment of outcomes and assessment was analyzed through an examination of …

Strengthening Graduate Student Teaching Through The Basic Course: Comm 101: Communication In The 21st Century, Allison Ronnau Bonander

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

Basic course instruction receives significant attention in relation to pedagogical practices and application. While this examination is very worthy, it often neglects to understand how Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are trained, taught, and how their learning as teachers is examined. This portfolio examines COMM 101: Communication in the 21st Century, a large lecture basic course with recitations led by GTAs, as a means of understanding how GTAs are trained and taught to meet the “learning objectives” of teaching pedagogy of a basic course. A qualitative analysis of GTA training meetings transcripts as well as emails from GTAs – and select …

Jcctl Mailer – November 17, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on November 17, 2020.

Contents:

Recommended Resources:

• Pedagogies of Care
• Leading Lines (Podcast)

Upcoming Events

• Promoting academic integrity in remote learning environments

Jcctl Mailer – October 7, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on October 7, 2020.

Contents:

Recommended Readings:

• The Science of Learning vs. Proctoring Software, Joshua R. Eyler ’00
• 7 Ways to Assess Students Online and Minimize Cheating, Flower Darby,

Upcoming Events and Due Dates

• Intentional Planning for Advising First Year and Sophomore Students
• Hypothes.is Demo
• Information Literacy Grant
• Resources from recent JCCTL programming
• Virtual Faculty Development Group Chat and Office Hour

Upcoming Friday Forums

• The future of Innovation and Creativity at Gettysburg College, Josh Wagner

Development Of A Faculty Appreciation Of Pedagogy Scale, Carol A. Hurney, Jordan D. Troisi, Lori H. Leaman

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Evidencing the value of programs and services challenges educational developers to measure a range of outcomes. While direct measures of faculty use of effective teaching behaviors and student learning are desirable, these methods are time consuming and resource intensive. We provide a scale that is easy to deploy and can be adapted to different programs. Our psychometrically sound scale measures one facet of faculty learning about teaching—appreciation of pedagogy. The scale measures awareness, knowledge integration, emotions, beliefs, and self-reported behaviors related to the appreciation of pedagogy. We also examine scale correlates, including teaching identity, confidence, and control.

Jcctl Mailer – September 29, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on September 29, 2020.

Contents:

Recommended Readings:

• What Students Want Their Professors to Know, Beth McMurtrie
• Note-taking Frameworks

Upcoming JCCTL Events

• 30 minutes with Charmaine T. Cruise and Sahana Mukherjee: Engaging in proactive advising during the new normal.
• Johnson Teaching Grant

Resources from Transition Week (“JPI Booster”) Events

• International Student Support Do’s and Don’ts
• Mindful Learning in a Digital Space
• Discussion Forums
• Building Better Breakout Rooms
• Tool Time (Effective Tools and Apps)
• Creating Effective Video Content
• Assessment in remote learning environments
• Supporting Student Mental Health …

Jcctl Mailer – September 22, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on September 22, 2020.

Contents:

Upcoming JCCTL Events:

• 30 minutes with… Charmaine T. Cruise and Sahana Mukherjee: Engaging in proactive advising during the new normal.
• Student Targeted Messaging

Resources from Transition Week

• International Student Support Do’s and Don’ts
• Mindful Learning in a Digital Space
• Discussion Forum Check-in
• Building Better Breakout Rooms
• Tool Time
• Creating Effective Video Content
• Assessment in remote learning environments'
• Supporting Student Mental Health at Gettysburg College
• Supporting first-year students during a de-densified semester

Other Events

• Virtual Faculty Development Group Chat and Office …

Jcctl Mailer – September 7, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on September 7, 2020.

Contents:

Discussion on the Decision to De-densify Campus

Zoom Meetings

• Supporting First-year Students During a De-densified Semester, Kathy Cain (Psychology) and Ian Isherwood (War and Memory Studies)

• Supporting Student Mental Health at Gettysburg, Kathy Bradley

• Assessment in Remote Learning Environments, Sharon Birch and Josef Brandauer

• Creating Effective Video Content, Carrie Szarko
  
• Tool Time, Kevin Moore and Melissa Forbes
• Building Better Breakout Rooms, Kevin Moore and Melissa Forbes
• Discussion Forum Check-in, Kevin Moore and Melissa Forbes
• Mindful Learning in a Digital Space, …

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Jcctl Mailer – September 4, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on September 4, 2020.

Contents:

Zoom with us!

• June Pedagogy Institute Team is hosting ‘Zoom-in’ hours
• Dr. Kathy Bradley, Director of Counseling Services will be the next featured guest in the "30 min with..." series.

Other Pedagogy Resources

• Mussleman Library Information Literacy Concepts and Skills
• Effective Student Outreach
• Podcast: How to Create Social SPaces in your Courses, Dr. Melissa Wehler.
• Universal Design of Learning (UDL Resources)
• Williams College Strategies and Tips for Teaching Hybrid and Remote Courses

Grant Opportunities

• Faculty Created working Groups
• Resilient …

Jcctl Mailer – August 19, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on August 19, 2020.

Contents:

Suggested Readings

• Party Like Your Life Depends On It
• Online Tools for Student Collaboration
• Avoid Zoom Fatigue

Other Resources

• Effective Anti-Racist Teaching
• Diversity and Inclusion Syllabus Statements
• Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator
• Anti-Racism and Allyship in the Classroom

Jcctl Mailer – August 10, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on August 10, 2020.

Contents:

Reading and other suggestions

• Scientific Spotlight
• Cynthia J Brame's article on Team-Based Learning
• Seven Strategies to Promote Community in Online Courses
• Perusall.com

Upcoming Events

• IT will be running training sessions in various classrooms this week

Jcctl Mailer – August 3, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on August 3, 2020.

Contents:

Weekly Updates

• Slides on trauma-informed teaching strategies
• JCCTL Resilient Pedagogy Grant
• Creating inclusive curricula

Reading Suggestions

• Siena College report on physically distanced classroom
• Karen Costa's post on trauma-informed teaching
• Comprehensive guide on trauma-informed practices in post-secondary education

Upcoming Events

• Exploring Research-Based, Inclusive Curricula for the Online or In-Person Classroom
• IT classroom training sessions
• Microsoft Team training
• Introductory Zoom training
• Ensemble Video Training
• Frustrated with Forums?

Other Announcements

• Teaching and Learning Online
• Basic Moodle training

Jcctl Mailer – July 24, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on July 24, 2020.

Contents:

Reading Suggestions

• Small teaching online
• Tips on active learning while we are physically distanced
• Increase the effectiveness of instructional videos
• Syllabus review guide

Upcoming events

• Trauma-Informed Approaches in Teaching
• Exploring Research-Based, Inclusive Curricula for the Online or In-Person Classroom
• Zoom Training
• Camera/document camera equipped classroom demonstration
• Microsoft Teams demonstration
• Using Office 365 for grading and group work

Announcements

• Teaching and Learning Online
• Basic Moodle training

Jcctl Mailer - July 16, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on July 16, 2020.

Contents:

Reading Suggestions

• Thoughts on pragmatic and applied strategies to engage students in the classroom
• Are multiple-choice questions appropriate assessments of learning?
• Collaborative note-taking
• Small teaching online

Announcements

• Teaching and Learning Online
• JPI Planning Timeline
• Basic Moodle Training

Upcoming Events

• Workshops on Inclusivity in the classroom and trauma-informed pedagogy
• Camera/document camera equipped classroom demonstration
• Microsoft Teams demonstration

Jcctl Mailer - July 10, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on July 10th, 2020.

Contents:

Announcements

• Teaching and Learning Online
• JPI Planning Timeline
• Basic Moodle Training

Upcoming Events

• Assignment Tool in Moodle
• Introduction to Ensemble Video
• Screencast-O-Matic Training
• Advanced Grading in Moodle
• Camera/document camera equipped classroom demonstration
• The Gradebook Moodle
• Microsoft Teams demonstration

Jcctl Mailer - June 29, 2020, Josef Brandauer

JCCTL Mailers

Updates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on June 29, 2020.

Contents:

Announcements

• JPI Resources
• Basic Moodle training

Upcoming events

• Introductory Zoom training
• Moodle - Appearance and Organization
• Moodle - Discussion Forums
• Camera/document camera equipped classroom (West 112) demonstration
• Introduction to Ensemble Video