Videos on Teaching Matters

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NOTE: Use the playlist button located in the top left of the video window above to switch between episodes. Tips for International TAs (2:20) This video is intended for non-native English speakers TAing in English-speaking environments. Key tips: talk with your peers and professors, practice your English, solicit advice from your students. Establishing Expectations for Your Class (4:46) Stresses the importance of setting policies and communicating them to students clearly at the beginning of a course to help them succeed. Offers key questions to consider when establishing policies around attendance and participation, classroom behavior, late work. Recommends including these in syllabus and presenting them in class. Motivating Students to Succeed (3:14) Presenter offers ways to motivate students to succeed: be passionate about your subject, be clear about “how to succeed” (e.g., through syllabus, rubrics), be connected with student  interests, and be aware of what they want out of the class. Academic Integrity (2:42) A sympathetic approach to teaching students what “Academic Integrity” is and the consequences of violating it. A few comments on how to recognize plagiarism and how to respond. Mid-semester Teaching Evaluations (4:12) Discusses why you should administer your own mid-semester evaluations, what you might include, and how to use the feedback students provide. Being Enthusiastic  about Your Class (2:32) Explores why being enthusiastic while teaching is important and offers simple strategies for expressing engagement and interest in your students. Maintaining Student Engagement  Using Eye Contact & ‘Scanning’  (1:44) Details why and how to use eye contact to enhance learning. Seriously? We have to tell people this? Repetitive of “Being Enthusiastic” video.

NOTE: Use the playlist button located in the top left of the video window above to switch between episodes. Active Learning Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion (4:13) What is Active Learning (5:34) Active Learning Classrooms: Everyone is engaged! (18:45) View full playlist (3 videos) What is Active Learning? (4:12) The video introduces “active learning” and its benefits with helpful examples of active learning strategies to employ in face-to-face and online learning environments. Active Learning Classrooms: Everyone is Engaged! (5:33) Professor and students in a “high-performance workgroup” at McGill University describe and demonstrate features of the active learning design of their course. The benefits of this experience are also enumerated. Learning: 3 Easy Ways for Higher Education (18:45) A detailed Powerpoint presentation of 3 active learning strategies: Pause, Asking Questions, and Using Cases or Problems.

Two German Language Instructors discuss their collaborations via the GLAA program. Source.

A practical conversation about what to wear in front of the classroom with Dr. Roger Nam of George Fox University, Dr. Eric Barreto of Luther Seminary, and Dr. Kate Blanchard of Alma College.

As finals week draws near, Dr. Roger Nam of George Fox University, Dr. Eric Barreto of Luther Seminary, and Dr. Kate Blanchard of Alma College discuss how they, as teachers and educators of theology and religion, prepare to give final exams.

Teachers and scholars of theology and religion speak about what The Wabash Center has done to help them with their work. See you at AAR/SBL 2016!.

A conversation about scholarship and teaching with Dr. Roger Nam of George Fox University, Dr. Eric Barreto of Luther Seminary, and Dr. Kate Blanchard of Alma College.