Episode 4 | How to Communicate with your Online Students
In this episode, I discuss some options for communicating with your online students either individually or as a group. I’d love to hear your suggestions, particularly if you have held online office hours that you found worked well. Please share below or send me a message: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com! Subscribe! Leave a Question or Comment for Camille […]
Continue readingEpisode 2 | Humanize your Instructor Bio
Today’s episode is all about humanizing your instructor bio. I also share some feedback and comments on the first episode of the podcast. You can listen and subscribe below. I hope you’ll feel inspired to take a look at your own bio after listening. I updated mine today and realized that it listed the wrong department […]
Continue readingEpisode 1 | Should I Open All Course Content in Week 1?
The very first episode of my new podcast is here! You can subscribe or listen below. It’s a short (~6:00) overview of my answer to the question of whether to release all course content during the first week of an online class or whether to slowly roll it out as the trimester progresses. I’d love […]
Continue readingTrailer | About the Thinking of You Podcast
I’ve started a podcast called Thinking of You! I’ll be putting out short Q&A episodes relating to teaching online. You can check out the trailer episode below to hear why I chose the podcast title, and you can subscribe here. It should be available on most of the major platforms soon. Have a Question about Teaching […]
Continue readingCourse Tour: Pathophysiology
Image b BarbaraALane on Pixabay. Used under a CC-0 licenseI always think it’s fun to get a peek at the inner working of other peoples’ courses. I got a question recently about how to incorporate student choice into courses, so I thought I’d record a short course tour with an focus on how I have […]
Continue readingTop 10 Tools for Learning – 2018
Image by artyangel on Pixabay. Used under a CC-0 licenseEvery year, Jane Hart compiles a list of the top tools for learning. People are invited to submit their top 10, and she compiles all of them into a big list of several hundred. I missed the deadline this year, but thought I’d write mine up […]
Continue readingWhat Does it Mean to be Student-Centered?
Image by Olga_968 on PixabayThere was a discussion at MUIH a few weeks about what it means for faculty to be student-centered. I couldn’t make it due to some technological problems, so I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on the topic. To me, being student-centered begins with your own beliefs and conceptualizations about students […]
Continue readingUsing PeerWise as a Teaching Tool
What is PeerWise?PeerWise is a free tool that guides students in creating multiple choice questions. They can also answer, rate for quality and difficulty, and comment on their peers’ questions anonymously. Students can view their peers’ comments and modify their questions as needed. Questions are searchable and can be tagged. PeerWise is gamified and assigns […]
Continue readingTwo Browser Tricks
As someone who works full-time, online, and from home, I’m always interested in tips and tricks that make my life a bit easier. Here are two tiny tweaks I’ve made recently that have made a big difference in how smoothly my computer work goes.Image by Angeleses on Pixabay; used under a CC-0 licenseHope these two […]
Continue readingPermanence and Online Courses
I’ve been working on a committee that is revising our University syllabus template. It sounds benign and straightforward. Unless you have ever been on a committee of any kind, in which case it probably sounds about like the tempest in a teapot that it is. Seriously, though, it requires examining so many assumptions and beliefs […]
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