Though 2021 may be behind us, the benefits and challenges of teaching and learning in a digital space continue. And while faculty certainly have more experience this year in these areas, how well did faculty adapt in the midst of pandemic teaching? A recent survey finds faculty adjusted very well. A survey released late February …
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Teaching Center Events: Spring 2022
The Teaching Center has a number of events and opportunities this semester. Details are provided below. The Teaching Center will email invitations and reminders for individual events and opportunities. Lunch Discussions Friday, January 21 Faculty Perspectives on Elements of Race in Our Teaching and Student Learning Noon-1 p.m. Zoom In conjunction with MLK Week events …
What Faculty Do Matters
At the end of an exhausting academic year, it is good to stop and celebrate the importance of our work. In 10 Reasons Higher Education is One of the Most Challenging Careers, Terry Doyle does so by discussing the challenges faculty overcome to do their jobs well. In the article, he outlines 10 reasons why …
Fostering Civil Discourse in the Classroom and Beyond
It’s no surprise that Americans believe that America has a civility problem. What may surprise you is that this is not a new phenomenon. In Civility in America: An Annual Nationwide Survey, Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate conducted poll tracking since 2010 on the state of civility and found that 93 percent of Americans identify …
Self-Care While Teaching During a Pandemic
In her keynote presentation, professor Stephanie Dashiell opened with the words, “I’m not okay . . . and that’s okay.” She was speaking at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy @ Virginia Tech to educators who continue to grapple with the demands of teaching during a pandemic. Her message was simple — just as we …
Teaching Center Events – Spring 2021
The Teaching Center has a number of events and opportunities this semester. Details are provided below. The Teaching Center will email invitations and reminders for individual events and opportunities. Lunchtime Presentations Wednesday, January 20 Antiracism: Elements for Teaching and Learning Noon – 1:30 p.m. Zoom Online *In conjunction with MLK Week Monday, February 8 Teaching …
Take Time to Reflect
Survival – that is what we are trying to do right now, and rightly so. Educators from every level of education, from those seasoned and those just beginning, describe this semester as the most difficult teaching semester of their career. But when we survive (and we will) what is next? In the article The Power …
Navigating Challenging Classroom Conversations
Recently the Teaching Center partnered with Belmont’s Faculty Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (FIDE) Committee to host the mini-workshop “Navigating Challenging Conversations: Growth Opportunities with Our Students and Ourselves.” Through this workshop FIDE committee members discussed the importance of facilitating diverse ideas, perspectives and experiences with our students. While important opportunities, these conversations can often create …
Resource of the Month
The hyflex and online teaching formats have altered our approach to teaching and engaging with students as well as raised questions on how to enhance student learning in the age of COVID. September’s resource of the month briefly addresses one of these concerns, how to sustain emotional connections with students. In the article “Cameras and …
Recordings of Previous Teaching Center Events Now Available
Previous Teaching Center workshops are now available through Belmont’s Teaching Center Repository. This repository provides helpful resources on teaching and learning previously offered by the Teaching Center that faculty can view or review on-demand as part of their overall professional development. Currently, the Teaching Center Repository offers several recent Teaching Center events, including: The Teaching …