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October 8, 2024

Mental Health: The Bigger Picture

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe United Nations has declared Oct 10th World Mental Health Day. Throughout the month of October each year, the UN encourages industries and organizations across the globe to: “spotlight mental health around the world, raise awareness of mental health issues and encourage efforts to support those experiencing mental health issues” (“World, N.D.) Mental Health has become somewhat of a buzz-term...
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September 26, 2024

STEM, AI, and You

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhere are you in your journey to bring the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your STEM-related teaching? And how will AI impact your teaching and your students’ learning if it has not already done so?  Helping students understanding how to use AI so that it works with them and not for them will be an important skill to learn...
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August 20, 2024

Where is the Wonder?

Reading Time: 6 minutesThink back to your educational experience when you attended elementary and high school, especially around the questions you were given for your learning. Likely, these questions came from either one of two sources: a teacher or textbook.  If your formal education is anything like mine, you rarely, if ever, had a direct invitation to create your own curiosity-driven questions then...
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July 18, 2024

Getting Started with Copilot in Your Class

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy get started with Copilot in your class? Exposure helps students get better at using Copilot and other generative AI chatbot tools. It also helps students to be more aware of the limitations and risks of using AI. This exposure prepares them to use AI wisely not only in your course but also in their future careers. Reminders for Getting...
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July 8, 2024

Explaining Content Effectively

Reading Time: 4 minutesThanks to Nancy Nelson, PhD. Have you ever struggled to explain a complex concept to someone new to your field? You’re not alone. Even experts can find it challenging to convey their knowledge effectively. As Kulgemeyer & Riese (2018) point out, there is a difference between what you know and what you can explain effectively to others. Unintentionally, novice teachers...
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June 13, 2024

“So, What Do You Think?” Using Think-Pair-Share to Engage All Students

Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the simplest ways to engage your students is the tried-and-tested teaching strategy called ‘Think-Pair-Share’.  If you are newer to teaching, then this should be one of the first tools you develop and use as part of your teacher ‘toolbox’. It is easy to use yet very effective in improving collaboration and communication as well as improving learning outcomes. What...
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May 28, 2024

Content-Based Bridge-Ins

Reading Time: 9 minutesMany of you are likely already familiar with the BOPPPS framework for lesson planning. While BOPPPS is not the only way to plan a lesson in a post-secondary classroom, it has been around for more than 50 years and has proved itself to be a “fruitful, efficient, and effective instructional model that promotes students’ active participation in the classroom” (Zheng,...
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March 20, 2024

Engage All Students with the Questions You Ask

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs teachers, we all have one thing in common: we like to ask our students questions. The questions might ask to recall some important information related to your lesson.  Or perhaps you ask deeper questions where they are asked to analyze a situation, an idea, or to strategize an outcome.  But simply asking a question does not guarantee that your...
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