Faculty Focus Live
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe're here to bring instructors and teachers inspiration, energy, and creative strategies that they can utilize in their everyday teaching.
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Wandering Minds: Improving Retention through Retrieval Practices, Interleaving, and Microactivities
April 17, 2024 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBHave you ever looked at your students and saw their eyes glaze over, knowing they most likely are not retaining anything you’re saying? So, what tools can you implement to help your students retain more of what you teach in class? Today, we’re going to go through study skills you can provide to your students to enhance their recall, and we’ll cover interleaving and microlectures. Research says you have 15 minutes of attention span before minds start to drift and wander. What can you do to in...
Unlocking Teaching Excellence: Strategies for Growth
April 03, 2024 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBWhat can you do to propel your teaching career, and what advice do some of our great higher ed instructors have for you? In this episode, you’ll be reminded of the importance of remaining open to learning, how to seek mentorship, and how to foster meaningful connections within your academic circle. Additionally, we’ll cover prioritizing work-life quality over monetary incentives, along with truly understanding your teaching methods and recognizing both your strengths and weaknesses. Through ...
Class Adjourned: The Importance of Ending Well
March 20, 2024 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBWe always talk about the beginning of the course and setting the tone, but what about the end of the course? How can you make your course memorable? How can you make your end-of-course project meaningful? Today, we’ll look at it from multiple perspectives. First, we’ll look inward and outward and ask ourselves pertinent closing questions. Next, we’ll look at how an end-of-semester service learning project can make students feel empowered and feel as if the class work they are doing is meanin...
The Art of Meaningful Assessment: From Choice Boards to AI-Driven Dialogues
March 06, 2024 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MBToday, we’re going to explore innovative assessment strategies that enhance student learning. We’ll talk about reflection and how to use feedback as a tool for growth and knowledge, and then we’ll talk about asynchronous online teaching assessments such as a weekly choice board or brochure. Finally, we’ll talk about the integration of generative AI in assessment practices. Whether you teach in-person or online, these ideas offer new ways to reveal student understanding and better connect com...
A Quest for Knowledge: Making Learning Irresistible through Gamification Strategies
February 21, 2024 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode, we dive into the power of gamification in education, exploring how it can transform student engagement and motivation. We start by examining the role of failure as a motivating tool within gamified learning, proposing that challenges and setbacks can be reconfigured as stepping stones toward success. We also talk about strategies, such as playful openers, game-infused instruction, and storified assessments, to spark interest and sustain engagement among students, especially ...
Teaching Tomorrow: Unleashing the Synergy Between Humans and Robots
February 07, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode, we dive into the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI tools in education. Dr. Jayne Lammers emphasizes the importance of collaborative exploration, urging teachers and colleagues to embark on a collective learning journey together. We also discuss specific AI tools such as Claude, Bing, Bard, TeachAI, Magic School, and more, and how educators can use these tools for brainstorming sessions, language translation, and lesson planning. “We are all learning how to use th...
My Classroom is a Safe Place: Empowering Trans-spectrum Students
January 24, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBLast summer, I attended our Teaching Professor Annual Conference, one of my favorite conferences that we host. If you haven’t been to it, I highly recommend attending it this year in New Orleans. You can check it out at www.TeachingProfessorConference.com. When I attended last year, I went to a session by Jonathan Howle about empowering trans-spectrum students. He said something that I’ll never forget. He said, “Your space and your class may be the only safe space that a student has. Your cl...
Social Media as a Gateway: Forging Connections and Enhancing Classroom Culture
January 10, 2024 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBJoin Staci Gilpin and Courtney Plotts in their research on how social media impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students. They explore the transformative power of social media in bridging a genuine human connection, and discuss strategies to integrate social media into the educational journey, sharing insights on cultivating communities, empowering students, and enhancing the overall learning experience. Discover how social media is reshaping education, fostering ...
Mindful Living: Developing Our Mindfulness Muscles
November 29, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBAs we wind down in the month of December, I’m always in awe at how fast it goes by. I thought it would be a good reminder to slow down this month, to really practice our mindfulness muscles. It’s the season of giving, so let’s give ourselves a break and remind ourselves of what we can do to really live in the moment. Today, we will have Seena and Stuart Haines dive into mindfulness and offer strategies on how we can build our mindfulness muscles. Picture this: you're zipping through life o...
Live with Michael Strawser: Embracing Rejection, Rediscovering Your Teaching Purpose, and Empowering Students
November 15, 2023 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBJoin Michael Strawser as he explains how he maintains motivation in his teaching amidst the challenges of complacency and burnout. Strawser explores the power of professional development communities and the impact of public teaching on invigorating classroom dynamics. He uncovers the value of reaching out to former students, seeking recognition, remembering your why, and embracing rejection as part of the growth journey. Additionally, he explains how building relationships and advocating for...
Teaching in the Digital Age: Building Connection through Technology
November 01, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBAs educators, you understand the need to captivate your students’ attention. So today we’re going to explore specific technology tools that can help reinvigorate your teaching methods – if you’re having fun with the content and technology, so are your students. However, it's not enough to simply adopt technology; it must be thoughtfully chosen to align with specific pedagogical needs. We hope you can take a few technology tools that fit into your course to help you better assess and better ...
Words Matter: The Art of Effective Classroom Communication
October 18, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBCommunication in the classroom matters. Whether it’s verbal communication or non-verbal, how and what you say - or don’t say - in the classroom directly impacts your teaching and your students’ learning. For instance, something as simple as the placement of a pause can completely alter your intended message. If you say, “Let’s eat Grandpa,” or “Let’s eat, Grandpa," those have two totally different meanings. Now, this is a more humorous example, but communication mishaps aren’t always funny. ...
Transforming Reading Assignments into Engaging Tasks and Elevating Student Success
October 04, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBAccording to research, less than half of students complete assigned readings. So, how do you get your students to complete the reading so they are better prepared to complete assignments, to participate in discussions, and are just more engaged with the content? Today, we’ll talk about how changing the term “reading assignment” to a “task” can give students more agency and break down the wall of resisting reading. We’ll talk about different strategies to encourage active reading and to help...
From Doubt to Drive: Navigating Disengagement, Self-worth, and Faculty Workload
September 20, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBToday we’re going to dive into some of the challenges that faculty are currently facing and explore strategies to re-engage faculty in their roles. We’re tackling the issue of faculty disengagement. We’ll be discussing strategies to overcome disengagement stemming from workload, stress, technology, and self-worth. In this series of programs, Russell Carpenter and Kevin Dvorak will offer practical insights that can empower both educators and administrators to foster a more supportive academi...
Exploring the Possibilities: Creating, Enhancing, and Editing with Artificial Intelligence
September 06, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBGet a notepad or your laptop ready for this episode, because you’ll want to write down some of these AI tools we’re about to dive into. From using AI to design course materials, to supporting students with AI writing and editing, to creating multimedia teaching materials, this episode has something for you! You’ll discover how AI can help with translation, image creation, slideshows, and audio or video support. Get ready to unlock the potential of AI in education and take your teaching and l...
The Curious Mind: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Students
August 22, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBToday, we’re going to dive into the world of critical thinking – a skill that’s often misunderstood and rarely mastered. We’ll explore how this skill can transform students into astute thinkers who question the world with curiosity and creativity. By the end of this episode, you’ll have the tools to craft lessons that invigorate curiosity, evaluate learning, and inspire the minds of your students. Recommended resources: Magna Online Seminar:Teaching Critical Thinking to Students: How to D...
Exploring Extended Reality for Engaged Learning and Innovative Instruction
August 09, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBDo you know the difference between virtual reality, mixed realities, augmented reality, and extended reality? In this episode, Juanita J. (JJ) Wallace will start by explaining the differences between these realities, and then dive into specific tools that instructors can use in their own courses. Wallace will also go through design aspects when creating assignments and assessments that utilize virtual reality. This will help instructors impact student learning outcomes more effectively and u...
Engaging Faculty and Creating a Healthier Academic Environment
July 26, 2023 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.5 MBToday we’re going to look at ways we can increase human motivation and give faculty a sense of autonomy. We’ll talk about the Motivation Hygiene Theory, where although someone can be highly motivated they can also be highly dissatisfied. We’ll also discuss the Job Characteristics Theory, where skill variety, task identity, test significance, autonomy and feedback all help in the meaningfulness of work – we’ll specifically relate this to faculty development. Lastly, we’ll go over recognizin...
The First Day of Class: Fostering a Zest for Learning with a Sense of Empathy
July 12, 2023 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThe first day of class is filled with emotions. Whether or not you feel confident, calm, and collected, doesn’t mean your students are feeling the same way. So how do you use the first day to foster a zest for learning? How do you make sure they know you care? How can you decrease their stress they may be feeling? In today’s episode, we’ll cover some teacher-tested activities for the first day of class and how you can make slight tweaks to make meaningful strides in relieving student mental...
Supporting First-Year Students in their Educational Journey
June 21, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBDo you remember your first year as a college student? Were you nervous, scared, excited, lonely, happy, sad? Maybe you felt all of these emotions, which is a lot for anyone to take on. Add to that figuring out your class schedule, where things are on your campus, the dialogue of instructors using words you’ve never heard before. Today, we’re going to focus on how you can continue to support first-year students in their educational journey. We’ll talk about being purposeful in your course d...
What If You Had a Higher Ed Magic Wand?
June 06, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBToday we’re going to talk about student mental health, infusing applicable humor into the classroom, emotion science, and collective effervescence. By implementing temperature checks and reflections, you can assess how your students are feeling. Include a mental health check question like, What did you do to take care of yourself this week? And then at the end of the reflection, ask your students, Is there anything else you’d like to share? You’ll be asked to consider the question, If y...
Navigating the Emotional Costs of Teaching with a Resilient Mindset, Grit, and Stress Management
May 24, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBIn today's episode, we will explore the topics of resiliency, stress management, wellbeing, and grit. Stress definitely has a significant impact on our wellbeing and overall mindset, so we'll discuss work-related stressor strategies including the benefits of a 10-year journal and the concept of "eating the frog" in the morning. We will offer valuable insights on fostering resilience and utilizing tools like appreciative inquiry, growth mindset, and grit in overcoming teaching challenges. By...
Playful Pedagogy: Connecting Students to the Content with Creativity
May 10, 2023 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBHere’s to having a little fun in class. Here’s to using creativity to connect with students and connect students to the content. Here’s to playing games in the classroom. Your lecture doesn’t have to snooze students to sleep😴. Today, we’re going to talk about how to foster creativity and connection in the classroom; we’ll talk about how to use tools such as AutoDraw, Pixlr, and ThingLink to strengthen student engagement; and lastly, we’ll talk about specific games you can use to engage stude...
Finding Purpose in Your Profession: Teaching Tips for More Career Satisfaction
April 26, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBEvery now and then it’s important to take a step back to self-reflect and listen to advice from other educators. With an exhausting past few years, here’s your reminder that your purpose as an educator is so impactful and so important. Today, we’ll talk about mindful teaching and how you can use the acronym HEARTS to be mindful of your presence as an instructor. And then, Ken Alford will talk about his 40-year teaching career, the best advice he’s received, and how you can experience more ca...
Friend or Foe? Using Artificial Intelligence to Empower Your Teaching
April 12, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThere’s been a lot of chat about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of higher education. From concerns about academic integrity to prohibiting this all-knowing AI, but today, I want us to see AI from a different perspective. What if you could use AI at your university to help students experiencing food insecurity and connect them with resources? What if you could use AI for your syllabus and lesson plan ideation? What if you could minimize the temptation to cheat? In thi...
Excuse Me, Will This be on the Exam? How to Get Students to Learn the Content, Not Just Memorize
March 29, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBHave you ever been asked this question by a student: Will this be on the exam? Do I need to know this? In today’s episode, Maryellen Weimer will offer evidence-based study strategies that you can implement into your course to help prepare students for exams. Rather than cramming the night before, you can encourage students to take more responsibility in their review techniques and redesign exams to promote learning. Recommended resources: Magna Online Seminar: An Integrated Approach to S...
What Does Community Mean in the Classroom? Sharing Stories, Swift Trust, and a Sense of Togetherness
March 15, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBWe’re going to talk about community, swift trust, and storytelling. Whether you teach an online or in-person class, you want your students to feel as if they are entering a community where they are welcome, safe, and can share ideas among each other. You want to establish common interests and a sense of togetherness because they are going to be solving problems together, they’ll be investigating and exploring topics, they’ll share knowledge and maybe even challenge each other respectfully. S...
Let's Talk About Racial Justice, Food Studies, and Moving DEI Work Forward
March 01, 2023 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBToday, we're going to talk about racial justice, the relationship between food and culture, and a type of plan-do-check-act cycle for diversity, equity, and inclusion work. To start, Santos Felipe Ramos explains how food is so intertwined with culture that it makes for an effective method of inquiry into racial identity and racial disparities, in his seminar, Understanding Racial Justice Through Food Studies. Additionally, Stephanie Delaney offers a multi-step process for narrowing DEI wor...
Your Class is So Tough: Addressing Academic Rigor and a Growth Mindset
February 15, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBHave you ever had a student say, "Wow, this class is so hard!" or "These homework assignments are impossible!" Many students might even do their own research before taking your class, trying to determine what the workload might be or what the level of difficulty is. For this reason, it’s important to understand how you can communicate your definition of academic rigor and ensure your goals are aligned with the expectations of your students. In this episode, we’ll go through the research on...
A Thread Gone Viral: Last Night, A Professor Walked Into A Night Class...
February 01, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this episode, we're going to talk about a Twitter thread that went viral. Dr. Liz Norell's thread on her night class now has more than 800,000 views. On it, Norell talks about ice breakers, her liquid syllabus, ungrading, a "punchy" Word document syllabus she created the night before, and communicating the message of care and belonging. When it comes to ungrading, Norell tells students that learning is change happening in their minds, something that you can't always see. "And so my hop...
Ungrading: The Misconceptions, the Research, and the Strategies
January 18, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBUngrading might seem a little daunting, right? How can you just take away grades? How can you assess students without actually grading their essays, projects, or homework? How do you prepare students who depend on grades to adapt to a new type of grading? In this episode, we’ll cover what ungrading actually is, some of the research behind it, and how it can be brought to any classroom by having an honest conversation with your students. And then we’ll take a few minutes to dispel some misc...
A New Year of Practicing Gratitude, Extending Kindness, and Setting Goals
January 03, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode, we’ll cover snippets from the Wellbeing Elixir course, presented by Seena Haines and Stuart Haines, on how gratitude is associated with numerous mental and physical benefits; how extending generosity to others has been shown to lower blood pressure, increase self-esteem and self-worth, and enhance optimism; and lastly, we’ll cover goal setting and how both success and failure are part of the journey – it’s important to set goals but to also know that having goals does not gu...
A Hyflex Course: Bridging the Gap Between Online and In-person Students
December 14, 2022 18:00 - 14 minutes - 9.81 MBTeaching students in the classroom while simultaneously teaching students online is hard. How do you bring students together when some are in the classroom and some are online? What tools can you use to cater to this type of Hyflex or hybrid teaching? In this episode, we’ll explain different tools and techniques you can use in a Hyflex setting, we’ll go over a couple of best practices to keep in mind when designing a course like this, and lastly, we’ll cover more online tools you can use ...
The Research Behind Memory: Memory-boosting Strategies to Incorporate into Your Teaching
November 30, 2022 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBToday is all about the memory, from short-term to long-term. Do you still remember your childhood phone number? What about your high school fight song? Or the street you lived on when you were eight years old? We might remember some of these things, but sometimes we forget what we read this morning or what we ate for breakfast two days ago. Don’t worry, there are numerous proven ways to manipulate and develop our ability to remember! So, what small changes can you integrate to help student...
Creating a Safe, Welcoming, and Positive Environment for Your Online Students
November 09, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBHow do you make your online classroom feel welcoming and safe for your students? Unlike the face-to-face classroom, you don’t always have the opportunity to greet students with a warm smile and ask them how they’re doing. So, how do you bring these in-class approaches to your online environment? In this episode, we’ll cover techniques on how to be culturally responsive in your online courses, we’ll provide tips on how you can format your online class to be warm and welcoming, and we’ll cov...
How to Make Your Lecture More Engaging and Interactive for Your Students
October 26, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBLectures can be boring, without a doubt, but they don’t have to be. There are a variety of creative approaches for making your lecture more interactive and interesting for your students so that they stay tuned in and remember the content you want them to remember. In this episode, we’ll talk about how you can start and end your lecture with bookends, how to incorporate lecture wrappers, and different engagement techniques you can try. We’ll also cover what a microlecture is and the process...
Easy-to-Use Technologies You Can Implement Into Your Course Today
October 12, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBToday’s episode is all about technology. Now, you may be tired of hearing about all the tools and gadgets you can integrate into your courses, but we’ll go through easy-to-use technologies, including the appropriate application and benefits of each. We also don’t expect you to start integrating every single one of these tools. Start with just one, or maybe two, and see how it goes. We’ll demonstrate the value of H5P tools and how to use them with your existing platforms from crossword puz...
Your Stress and Burnout are Real: Extending Mindful Self-compassion to Yourself
September 28, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBAs an educator, you’ve been through some of the toughest years of teaching. Many have faced academic stressors, burnout, anxiety, and so much more. So this is your timely reminder to take care of yourself. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about resiliency, appreciative inquiry, growth mindset, and mindful self-compassion. The following tools, resources, and techniques can help you construct a more joyful mindset and will offer you a process for helping with stress and wellbeing. This episode...
Your Stress and Burnout are Real: Extending Mindful Self-compassion to Yourself
September 28, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBAs an educator, you’ve been through some of the toughest years of teaching. Many have faced academic stressors, burnout, anxiety, and so much more. So this is your timely reminder to take care of yourself. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about resiliency, appreciative inquiry, growth mindset, and mindful self-compassion. The following tools, resources, and techniques can help you construct a more joyful mindset and will offer you a process for helping with stress and wellbeing. This episode...
All About the Online Discussion Board
September 14, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBDespite their universal use in online teaching, online discussions often fall flat. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In this episode, we’ll discuss how multiple due dates for a discussion can foster thoughtful responses; we’ll talk about the importance of using Universal Design for Learning to guide your discussion; we’ll discuss the importance of putting yourself in the student perspective when writing your discussion prompts; and finally, we’ll go over techniques for fostering a communi...
Reimagining STEM Education through Beauty, Critical Thinking, and Disruptive Innovation
August 31, 2022 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBAs a STEM educator, how can you reimagine STEM education through a humanities lens? How can you use disruptive innovation to help students think more critically? And how can you teach critical reflection skills in an engineering or math course? In this episode, you’ll consider how to make sure your perception of what students want out of their education aligns with what the student actually wants. You’ll go through speaking, writing, activities, and media modes of critical thinking. And fi...
Setting the Tone on the First Day of Class with Generative Games, a Kite, and Toast
August 16, 2022 18:00 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MBThe first day of class is approaching and this day is filled with emotions. Students might be filled with excitement or dread. They may be filled with eagerness or anxiety, but no matter the emotions it’s an important day for you to set the tone for the rest of the semester. In this episode, we’ll go through specific generative games you can implement on the first day to prime students’ minds for open mindedness; we’ll explain how you an use a kite drawing activity to have students introduce...
Student Retention, Interleaving, and Fundamental Concepts: Design Your Course with This in Mind!
August 03, 2022 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBWhen you’re designing a course, what should you consider? How can you create your course so students are remembering and recalling the information you’re teaching throughout the entire semester? In this episode, we’ll explain how fundamental and powerful concepts can help you design your course with the big picture in mind. We’ll explain how starting from the end when designing your course is beneficial and will help you create an elevator pitch and purpose for your course. And lastly, we’...
Mentoring and Coaching: The Tools for a Great Faculty Coach and a Great Faculty Mentor
July 19, 2022 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBMaybe it's your coach from high school, an instructor from college, a colleague who helped mentor you - no matter who it is, having someone to mentor you, coach you, motivate you, and help you be the best version of yourself is priceless. In this episode, we'll provide a stepwise progression for mentoring: 1. Show them 2. Help them 3. Watch them 4. Let them And then we'll dive into what makes a great faculty coach and how this differs from mentoring. "Take a minute to think back to your own...
Connections, Reflection, and Direction: Implementing a Peer 2 Peer Mentoring Program
July 05, 2022 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBIn this episode, we talk to Loreen Smith who explains the purpose of a Peer 2 Peer Mentoring Program (P2P), the steps to implement it, and how it can significantly impact students. Whether it’s a first-year student being mentored or a peer mentor learning how to lead, both roles form connections and are given direction on their journey. Peer mentors gain leadership skills, hands-on experience, and because it is a paid position, they have a job title they can use on their resume. Additionall...
Engaging Your Students with Mini-lectures, Prediscussion Posts, and Interactive Starter Activities
June 22, 2022 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBHow do you get your students to engage with the content so they better retain it? How do you get your students to engage in discussion so that everyone is talking and everyone feels empowered to use their voice? The concept of student engagement is broad, but today, we're going to talk about how to incorporate min-lectures, the importance of a prediscussion post, and how you can use drawings, a multimedia starter, or social activity to engage students with your content. Recommended Resou...
Reading, Oh My! Getting Your Students to Engage with the Reading
June 08, 2022 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBHow do you get your students to complete the readings you assign? More importantly, how do you get them to engage with and retain the readings you assign? In this episode, we’ll talk about strategies to help students master deep reading, a reading discussion or literature circle you can implement to foster student engagement through reading roles, and a technique to encourage students to do the reading prior to class. From roles such as a discussion leader, passage master, devil’s advocate,...
Teaching More and Talking Less: Using Examples During Class
May 23, 2022 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.31 MBIn this episode, we talk with Jeremy Rentz about the positive aspects that come from students doing work in class. By allowing students to figure things out for themselves, and giving them time to discover and interact with one another, students can have powerful learning experiences. By including examples that students can work on during class and encouraging in-class exam reviews, Rentz says students can support each other and he can essentially help “coach” them through the examples. ...
Sparking Joy through Co-construction Circles, Empathy Mapping, and the Teaching Perspectives Inventory
May 11, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBWe’re chatting about co-construction circles, empathy mapping, and the Teaching Perspectives Inventory with Cynthia Alby, Karynne Kleine, and Caralyn Zehnder who will be presenting at our Teaching Professor Conference. They discuss how co-construction circles help give each student something different to focus on in a reading. Someone may be coming up with discussion questions, while someone else is focusing on reading connections, and when students come together in class, they all have so...
Let’s Discuss: Radical Empathy, Empathy Without Burnout, and a Recipe for Engagement
April 27, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss and chat with a few of our Teaching Professor Conference presenters. First up, Mary Norman and Lisa Low talk about radical empathy and burnout, and how you can use empathetic strategies to empower yourself and students for success. “I think that radical empathy is something that's very important to talk about, because it's so needed right now. Our students are really being inundated with stressors that we've never before seen,” Norman says. Additionally, both...