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Thrilled to share we - @GeorgeMasonU @StearnsCenter @jmuCFI @cte_uva - got a @SCHEVnews grant for a multi-institutional #megaSoTL research/faculty development project about teaching + learning with AI! @ISSOTL @TLI_ISSOTL
@AcademicChatter @AcademicPlanet higheredpraxis.substack.com/…
Grading piling up? Students tired? The August plan doesn’t match October reality? Three small moves to reset for the second half of the term.
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#highered #facultydevelopment #students
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New Pub! "Building networks, fostering innovation: Designing and facilitating a collaborative faculty mentor training program" in To Improve the Academy, about what we learned from preparing #faculty mentors during a campus-wide #LMS transition
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What did we learn?
✅ Co-construction builds capacity and ownership
✅ Hands-on, #experientiallearning sticks
✅ Peer community sustains the work
⚠️ Role clarity and workload need intentional design
#facultydevelopment #academicdevelopment #highered
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Students aren’t ignoring your #feedback—they’re responding to your #grading system. Here are 3 simple ways to make feedback actually matter. higheredpraxis.substack.com/…
@AcademicChatter
@Momademia @academia
#academictwitter #highereducation
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If you're not checking in with your students & using their feedback to make adjustments, you're missing out!
Copy my Google Form template or just ask these 3 key questions...
@AcademicChatter @Momademia #academichatter #highereducation
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Excited to share that “Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices” is published in New Directions for Community Colleges! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
#grading #communitycollege #Teaching @academia @AcademicChatter #academictwitter
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This article explores how CC faculty experience the transition to #altgrading approaches (contract grading, #ungrading, #specsgrading.
Lots of interest BUT implementation is often constrained by affective barriers, structural challenges, & gaps in leadership/collaboration.
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Our article about the #AI in Teaching & Learning Project has just been published! @TiP_Jrnl Learn more about the @SCHEVnews-funded #highered #research & #facultydevelopment project here: sotl.gmu.edu/ai/ #GenAI
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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As the summer series on #criticalreflection wraps up, we’re turning #reflection into routine. What will sustain your reflective teaching practice beyond the start of the semester? #highered #EdDev higheredpraxis.substack.com/… @academia @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter @Momademia
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Excited to share my convo on #criticalreflection w/Janel Seeley, about how intentional #dialogue + willingness to be vulnerable deepen #reflection + build community, esp in today's #highered environment
@UWyonews @PODNetworkHQ @AcademicChatter @Momademia
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Interested in learning more about how professionals in higher ed use reflection to improve as teachers & connect more intentionally w/#students + colleagues? check out the Tips for Teaching Professors podcast! #AcademicTwitter #academia #faculty higheredpraxis.substack.com/…
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New to #criticalreflection?
➡️Start w/this overview of Brookfield’s 4 lenses
➡️Take Action w/4 reflection prompts
@academia @AcademicChatter @Momademia #AcademicTwitter
#highered #reflection #pedagogy #facultydevelopment #Education open.substack.com/pub/higher…
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What assumptions do you have about your #students & your #teaching?
3 simple questions help uncover/address them...
🧠 Why?
🧐 So what?
🔄 What next?
#criticalreflection #highered #facultydevelopment #EdChat
@academia @AcademicChatter @Momademia
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Listen to my conversation w/award-winning author+educator @aldenejones as we explore critical reflection as a classroom tool & a personal and ethical practice. open.substack.com/pub/higher…
@academia @AcademicChatter @Momademia #HigherEducation #Teaching @BlairPublisher
Critical #Reflection, Week 2: Many of us in #Education share foundational beliefs about #teaching & #learning - even if we rarely say them out loud, they shape our decision-making. What are yours?
@Momademia @AcademicChatter @academia #HigherEd
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Excited-if slightly terrified-to share that I'm dipping my toes into podcasts! This summer, I'll post a podcast each week to accompany my series on developing a critically reflective #teaching practice.
@AcademicChatter @academia #HigherEd
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After this first one, I'll be saving the podcasts for paid subscribers - I'd love to have you along and have a discount code to share as well. That said - if cost is an issue and you really want access to the pods, please just drop me a note. :) Happy listening! #AcademicTwitter
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After a busy semester, I’m looking forward to slowing down & thinking intentionally about teaching. Next week, I launch a summer series on critically reflective practice - join me for weekly posts w/resources & a short reflection activity! higheredpraxis.substack.com/…
Our #SoTL collab @GeorgeMasonU @StearnsCenter @UVA @cte_uva @jmuCFI got a (small) shout-out in the @chronicle of Higher Education this week! Thanks @bethmcmurtrie - we would love to chat anytime ;)
#MasonNation #AI chronicle.com/article/should…
Just published w/@ncte #TETYC "Reducing Stress through Agency and Autonomy: #CommunityCollege #Student Perspectives on Labor-Based Contract Grading"
#highered #fyc #LBCG doi.org/10.58680/tetyc202452…
#FridayFragments #whatimreading this week:
📚2 opposing viewpoints re #GenAI and #students
📚3 articles re:impacts @usedgov layoffs on #highered from @chronicle @TCFdotorg @snopes
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Reflecting on 5 years of pandemic/"post"-pandemic teaching...and still working on how to make online discussions feel engaging and worthwhile! Here are my top three challenges facilitating online discussions - what are yours? #HigherEducation
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Hot off the (virtual) presses! So excited to have this article published with @ISSOTL @TLI_ISSOTL - fruits of a research project that began waaaaay back in 2021 w/@krithiks + support from @CEL_Elon @jessielmoore
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/i… #HigherEducation #SoTL
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