As researchers in learning and text comprehension, our recent work has focused on the differences between reading print and digital media. While new forms of classroom technology…
In The Classroom
I’ve discovered that there are ways teachers and others who work with young people can show them how to deal effectively and respectfully with controversial topics –…
What happens in the office hour is the same virtually as it is for students who show up in person: Students ask questions about particular problems or…
I belittled one student by criticizing him in front of others. I favored another student by telling other students they should be more like her. I responded…
by Neal H. Hutchens and Kerry B. Melear A community college instructor in Texas started off the academic year by wearing a bulletproof vest and army helmet…
by Meg Gorzycki, Ed.D. Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, San Francisco State University Hybrid teaching and blended learning are fundamentally concerned with providing an environment in which students…
by Victoria Prieskop The 10th Circuit ruled March 28, 2017 that the University of New Mexico had the right to reject an academic paper which called a lesbian-themed…
by Laura Yeager In a previous essay entitled “The Academic Circle of Life & Excellent Usage of Commas,” I wrote about my time in graduate school at Iowa…
Professors say college students need to keep an open mind about disturbing or unfamiliar academic material. by Joseph Williams Proponents say they’re creating safe spaces for sexual…
In the current climate, the pressure to “balance free speech and diversity” has invariably led to the notion that the former must give way to the latter.…
