Teaching in Higher Ed What happens when we study our own teaching
Guest
Dr. Janine Utell
Study your own teaching
- Be a reflective practitioner
- Collect data on yourself
- Involve the students
Teaching is something that is happening all of the time. – Dr. Janine Utell
Bonni used Remind service/app to connect with her students to see if the song sung at the start of this This American Life episode was still in their heads, the day after we listened to it in class
The Course of a Course, by James Athernon
The trouble with course evaluations
Failure can be a good thing to value. Failure, in terms of what didn’t work for me, but also failure on the students’ part. – Dr. Janine Utell
Importance of taking risks in studying our own teaching and assessment
Recommendations
Bonni’s recommendation
Use the B key when presenting with Keynote or PowerPoint
Janine’s recommendations
Dear Committee Members: A Novel, by Julie Schumacher
Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your Classroom Will Improve Student Learning, by Jose Antonio Bowen