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The following are links to some the most popular articles we have shared on Facebook. They have been organized into the following categories:
Preparing a Course ~ Designing a Syllabus ~ Promoting Academic Integrity ~ Beginning the Semester ~ Holding Office Hours ~ Communicating in the Classroom ~ Using Discussions ~ Engaging & Interactive Classrooms ~ Using Group Activities ~ Managing Your Classroom ~ Conferencing using Video ~ Knowing Your Students ~ Assessing for Learning ~ Grading Strategies ~ Designing Grading Rubrics ~ Giving and Receiving Feedback ~ Getting Feedback on Your Teaching ~ Assessing Your Teaching ~ Ending the Semester ~ Managing Time ~ Supporting Students
For more articles check our Facebook posts on the Rowan Faculty Center Facebook page.
- Preparing A Course
- Tips for Faculty Teaching for the First Time
- How Much Should We Assign? Estimating Out of Class Workload
- Course Workload Estimator
- The UDL Guidelines - "The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn."
- Rowan Syllabus Policy - check for "must have" syllabus content
- Rowan Recommended Syllabus Statements
- Rowan Faculty Center Syllabus Check List - an extensive list of suggestions
- Suggestions for Preparing an Effective Syllabus
Professors have an important responsibility to build a culture of trust and honesty in the classroom to support academic integrity. Learn what you need to know to create this environment, about violations, how to prevent violations, and what to do if you suspect a student of a violation. The articles and teaching tools on this page will help your students gain the skills they’ll need in school and in the workplace.
- 101 Things You Can Do in the First Three Weeks of Class
- Teaching the First Day(s) - page of resources to give you ideas how to have a great start to the semester
- Learning Students' Names - 23 helpful methods
- First Day of Class Activity: The Interest Inventory
- Connecting With Your Class - 10 steps to start connecting with your classes on the first day
- First Day of Class
- Establishing Ground Rules
- Icebreakers
- Icebreakers That Rock
- Scavenger Hunts for Encouraging Students to Read and Process the Syllabus
Communicating in the Classroom
- Don’t Look at Me in That Tone of Voice – 7 Tips for Better Communication
- The 7 Rules Of Handling Difficult Students
- 9 Strategies for Getting More Students to Talk
- Students Place a Premium on Faculty Who Show They Care
- Making Better PowerPoint Presentations
- Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
- Pecha Kucha, an alternative format for presentations
- Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy to Elevate Discussion Boards in Online Courses
- How Superheroes Can Bring Your Online Discussion Board to Life
- How to Use Discussion Forums to Begin, Center, and Produce Student Writing
Engaging and Interactive Classrooms
- The K. Patricia Cross Academy Videos - provides 50 short videos on various teaching techniques that are practical to use and address many dimensions of learning.
- Getting Started with Active Learning Techniques
- Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox - A thinking routine is a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking.
- An Activity That Promotes Engagement with Required Readings, Even in Large Classes
- Increasing Student Participation - This article addresses the questions:
What conditions motivate students to engage in learning?
What is the course instructor's role in increasing student participation?
What can you do to increase student motivation to participate?
How can you increase student participation when classes are getting larger? - 50 Alternatives to Lecture
- Teaching With Your Mouth Shut
- What is Interactive Lecture?
- 280 Interactive Techniques - great pdf to save when you want something new
- Problem-Based Learning
- Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom
- When to Tell Your Rowan Students about Disability Resources - helpful infographic from Academic Success. Some students qualitfy for temporary accommodations.
- Three Statistics that Will Change the Way You Think about Generation Z
- 5 Things to Say to Students Suffering from Anxiety
- Research Highlights How Easily, Readily Students Fabricate Excuses
- How to Teach Gen Z Students
- The First Day Of A New Semester...as Told by an Extremely Anxious Student
- Three Top “F” Words Teens Use Today
- Three Trends on the Rise as Generation Z Grows Up
- The Beginning and End of Class
- The Five Minutes BEFORE Class Begins
- Small Changes in Teaching: The Minutes Before Class -
- Encouraging students to read before class...is it hopeless?
- Teaching a Diverse Student Body
- Diversity & Inclusive Teaching
- The 5 Second Solution for a Talkative Class
- Emergency Guide for Rowan Faculty and Staff: Helping Students in Difficulty - Counseling & Psychological Services (CPS) have developed this informational guide to assist faculty, staff, and the university community when dealing with troubled and/or troubling students.
- Emergency Preparedness Quick Reference Guide for Rowan Faculty & Staff (pdf)
- Creating a climate for learning: Five steps
- Small Changes in Teaching: Last 5 Minutes of Class
- Eight seconds of silence that will transform your teaching (podcast)
- Alternatives to Traditional Testing
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
- Examples of Classroom Assessment Techniques
- The Guide to Assessment
- Methods for Assessing Group Work
- Practical Tips for Minimizing Cheating During Exams
- Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams
- How to Escape Grading Jail
- Grading Papers: How to Increase Your Efficiency
- Grading Dilemma: Should We Round Up?
- When Grading Less Is More
- 8 Tips to Make Grading More Efficient
- Grading Faster And Smarter
- Using Rubrics - This article covers: 1) Why use rubrics? 2) How can you develop a rubric? 3) How can you incorporate rubrics in a course? 4) Online Rubric Resources
- Rubric for Assessing Student Participation
- Grading Class Discussion
- QuickRubric - a tool to help create rubrics
Getting Feedback on Your Teaching
- Rowan Mid Semester Focus - The MSF on teaching and learning is a mid-semester evaluation technique that provides instructors with rich and meaningful feedback from their students regarding the learning environment in a course. The process is entirely voluntary and data confidential. This process is conducted by members of the Faculty Center MSF team.
- Mid-Term Student Feedback
- How to Read a Student Evaluation
- Avoiding Bad Teaching Evaluations: Tricks of the Trade
- Student Evaluations of Teaching
- 5 Strategies to Manage the Hurt of Student Evaluations
- Parting Ways: Ending Your Course
- Last Day of Class
- Making You Next Semester Easier
- Fizzle or Finale: The Final Day of Class
- Footnote, Endnote, Thank-you Notes
- Online Discussion Tips for Students - This PDF provides really effective discussion strategies for students to improve online discussions.
- 9 Awesome Study Tips for College Students
- AcademicTips.org - resource for students filled with college study tips, tricks, skills and guides to help them manage their time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life.
- Three Tips on How to Help Your Students Study Online Effectively with a Smartphone
- How Faculty can Support Student Mental Health
Updated 4/11/22
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