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The Teaching Professor

September 23, 2024

2024 Teaching Professor Online Conference

WHAT'S NEW

Building a Learning Sanctuary: Fostering Resilience in Our Students, Part 2

Building a Learning Sanctuary: Fostering Resilience in Our Students, Part 2

Mays Imad


How do we make the classroom a place where our students can develop not only their academic skills but also the emotional, social, and moral capacities they need to navigate and shape a complex world? Read More

ActiveFlex: An Alternative to HyFlex

Timothy Thornton and Letitia Bergantz


A drawback of HyFlex teaching is that it can be hard to engage both the on-site and the distance students in a class at the same time. The latter are invariably left to watch lectures passively at a distance, a la emergency remote lectures during the pandemic. ActiveFlex addresses this issue head on. Read More

Book Clubs: The Swiss Army Knife of the College Classroom

Carla Williams 


When the author began using book clubs in her courses, they were just that: groups of students reading a book and coming together to discuss the text. Over time, they have evolved into something greater: an all-purpose instructional, pedagogical, and relationship tool. Here’s how they work. Read More

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EDITOR'S PICK

Project-Based Learning for Working Adult Students

Jacqueline B. Penrod   


Adult students have legitimate concerns about project-based learning that their 18- to 22-year-old counterparts may not share. Busy personal schedules preclude meetings with classmates, and grades that depend on classmates’ contributions raise financial concerns where employer tuition reimbursement is at stake. Still, the positive benefits of group learning are too great to ignore. Read More

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