Tips for teaching workshops

Many years ago, I attended a 45-minute conference presentation where the speaker had close to 200 slides filled with text and graphs.I left knowing almost nothing more about

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Episode 20 | When to Make Exceptions for Unusual Circumstances

​Even with the most carefully-crafted syllabus, it's still likely that you'll encounter situations where students are asking for exceptions based on unusual circumstances.When should you make exceptions to

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Episode 19 | What to do when students don’t have their textbooks yet

Have you ever found out that a student doesn't yet have their textbook, even several weeks in the your course? I have.​I suspect that this is more common

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Episode 18 | How to Handle High Question Volume in the First Week of Class

​The first week of ​an online class - at least for me - brings the highest volume of questions that I'll get all trimester. In this episode, I've

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Episode 16 | When a Student Objects to “Teaching Myself”

It's very common for students to say that they feel like they're teaching themselves in an online course. As a faculty member, it's easy to get defensive when

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How to Use FlipGrid in your Canvas course

What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid is a free video discussion tool that you can use in place of or in addition to traditional discussion boards. Instead of leaving written

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Episode 11 | What To Do About Academic Integrity Violations

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Episode 5 | Loving our Students

Image by Ben_Kerckx via PixabayMy apologies for the podcast silence over the past few weeks. I've been out of town! Here is an episode I had hoped to

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Episode 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

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Episode 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

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