Bonni Stachowiak suggests strategies for ending well.
Podcast notes
Ending well
Guard against student fatigue
- Sleep deprived
- Focused on the short term
- Challenged by their context
Thinking a lot about context, especially after speaking with Steve Wheeler on episode #038)
Beware the temptation to vent
- Josh Eyler reminded us of this on episode #016
- Research shows it doesn’t help
- There was that research that said cursing helps, though
Recognize their achievements
- Demonstrate how the learning objectives have been attained
- Have them articulate the value they have received
Administer the course evaluations professionally
- All sorts of concerns over evaluations
- Students don’t realize the gaps that occur in the evaluation process in higher ed
- We wonder if they are in a position to properly evaluate our teaching (recent thread on the POD listserv re: what even to call course evaluations; student experience of teaching (Debra Gilchrist from Pierce College in Lakewood WA, Ed Nuhfer wrote about the importance of separating assessment (various ways to assess student learning) from evaluations of people who strive to facilitate learning.
Take more breaks
- Apple Watch – standing alert
- Penn state experimenting w/ Apple Watch to measure student learning this Fall
- Frasier Spiers on presenting with an Apple Watch
- Set timers
- Natalie Houston spoke about this on episode #034
Recommendations
Bonni recommends:
We all love Ella: Celebrating the first lady of song
In particular: You are the sunshine of my life: duet with Stevie Wonder…
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