Center for Teaching & Learning
10 best practices for live virtual teaching
April 29, 2020Physical campuses are closed, and students have moved online—here are tips from online educators to help students adjust to online learning Switching from teaching in-person to teaching online presents both unique challenges and opportunities. At Relay Graduate School of Education, we…
Pedagogicon 2020
April 28, 2020Pedagogicon 2020, is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 15 and now redesigned for remote delivery this year. We’ve waived registration fees as well. The theme, Students as Partners, should be generative, and we’re fortunate to have Dr. Alison…
Promoting Undergraduate Student Self-Regulation in Online Learning Environments
April 24, 2020Undergraduate student enrollment in online courses has steadily increased over the years and is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The need for instructors to utilize best practices in online instruction and course design is crucial. This article presents…
7 mental health resources to help college students during the coronavirus pandemic
April 17, 2020The coronavirus has closed campuses across the globe, and many students may need help regulating their mental health and dealing with anxiety Colleges and universities across the globe have closed campuses and moved instruction online in an attempt to stop…
5 major online-learning challenges—and how to solve them, pt. 2
April 14, 2020How can you help students succeed in online courses? Online learning can be more difficult for instructors as well as students. Between not seeing students face to face to gauge how they’re responding to the material to having students overestimate…
5 major online-learning challenges—and how to solve them, pt. 1
April 14, 2020How can you help students succeed in online courses? Karen Watts has been teaching adult education classes since 1999. A faculty member at Bellingham Technical College in Washington state, she has taught in both face-to-face and online environments throughout her…
5 Tools to Create an Engaging Online Course
April 10, 2020An educator shares her go-to tools for engaging college students in an online course So many faculty have approached me lately and said that they have been asked to teach a hybrid or online course. I love teaching—online, hybrid,…
Embracing online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic
April 10, 2020Learn how four instructors are keeping students on track using remote learning environments Growing numbers of colleges and universities are shuttering their doors to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In turn, educators have had to respond by taking their courses…
How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online
April 9, 2020In the vast shift to online teaching caused by the new coronavirus, one of the most common questions raised was: But what about lab classes? Is it even possible to move a lab course quickly online and still meet your…
8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching
April 9, 2020By this point in the Covid-19 transition to remote instruction, you’ve probably had a few sessions on Zoom. You’ve taught a few classes, met students for office hours. No doubt more than once, you’ve seen a lot of students staring…