Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Over a cup of coffee: September 23rd edition

The first Teaching Commons Discussion and Workshop Series is this Friday September 25th! Featuring Dr. Darsie Bowden (FYW/WRD) presenting on Reading Strategies: Helping Students Read Effectively. Lincoln Park and Loop locations available. Sign up now.

Inside Higher Ed. posts a great article on how to adjust when a class starts to go bad.

The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching provides a helpful site on how to gather in class feedback from your students during the middle of the quarter.

The Tomorrow's Professor Blog posts on Inclusive Teaching Strategies to Promote Non-Traditional Student Success.

Learning @ Georgetown discusses scholarship of teaching and learning activities in which Dr. Jim Sandefur of the Department of Mathematics uses video tape to uncover common student misconceptions.

The Times in the UK create The Times 100: A Student and Teacher Business Resource Centre.