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Demystifying SoTL, Part II
In January 2023, I facilitated an equity-in-teaching workshop called “Demystifying Success” based on the principle that making explicit the “implicit norms and ambiguous processes that characterize college, such as how to be a ‘successful’ student,” will “give students access to the language of the institution and improve their chances for success” (CUE 2020). Participants developed…
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Demystifying SoTL, Part I
In January, I facilitated an equity-in-teaching workshop called “Demystifying Success” based on the principle that making explicit the “implicit norms and ambiguous processes that characterize college, such as how to be a ‘successful’ student,” will “give students access to the language of the institution and improve their chances for success” (CUE 2020). Participants developed a…
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What Can Faculty Do about Students’ Classroom-Based Anxieties? More Than You Think.
originally posted Aug 4, 2014, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog Last week, The Princeton Review released its annual list of “The Top 10 Colleges for ___,” and Vanderbilt made a big splash by ranking #1 with the Happiest College Students in the US.* While this is fantastic news for the campus, and it’s interesting to speculate about what makes…
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Teaching, Difference, and Power—with Our Language
originally posted Sept 12, 2014, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog I’ve been thinking about the role of language in the CFT’s theme of “Teaching, Difference, and Power.” During the first semester of my first faculty position, fresh out of graduate school, I spoke the language of my dissertation. Beautiful (to me) multisyllabic terms,…
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Working from Home: Helpful Tips from Tom Chick While He's Also Working From Home
As many of us have had to shift to working from home, I asked my brother to share some advice from his many years of experience rocking the home office. –Nancy Guest Post by Tom Chick So you’re working from home and discovering that there’s no such thing as work or home anymore. They’ve melted…
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A Simple Guide to Design Thinking
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Web Design Trends for 2020
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5 UX Principles for Creating a Great Website
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Expanding the Roles of Engagement
One of my strategic principles for SoTL highlights multiple levels of engagement. Of course, we encourage and support our colleagues who are practitioners or “producers” of SoTL, and we now recognize students as engaged in SoTL, not just as learner-participants in projects but also as co-inquirers (Werder & Otis, 2009; Felten, 2013). But there’s another population we don’t often consider in…
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