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Dr. Susan King: A Caring & Energetic Teacher
For this month's spotlight, I'd like to feature Dr. Susan King from the UCI Department of Chemistry, a teaching professor for organic chemistry (51ABC) and majors in organic chemistry lab M52LABC. Dr. King is a former UCI transfer student with over 25 years of...
Correcting Student Errors
As we near the end of another quarter, I'm sure you have all seen students make mistakes, offer wrong answers, or misapply concepts and interpretations. This is all part of the learning process, right? Right! So how do we correct these errors? We just need to point...
An Article: “Humanizing Online Teaching to Equitize Higher Education”
I first started teaching online in 2016. I was referred to the job by a colleague from my on-campus teaching position. It seemed like a great side-hustle – I could make a similar rate by teaching from the comfort of my own home! Little did I know this choice would...
C7: Experiences and Advice in Designing an Online Course
Transforming a course to be delivered online is not a simple feat. While the pandemic gave many instructors a jumping board to think about how a course can be delivered remotely, some faculty are taking it a step further and are now thinking about how to redesign...
What’s the Difference between Learning Goals and Learning Outcomes?
For over ten years, I've been a teaching consultant and helped faculty, both undergrad and graduate professors, restructure their course content with technology tools. My experience offers me a clear view of how some students focus on grades rather than the purpose...
High-impact Learning and International Relevance
Cecilia Lynch, a Professor in Political Science at UC Irvine (UCI), is an expert in international relations, religion and ethics, and humanitarianism. She is the recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Post-Doctoral Fellowship for her current research on...
Pandemic, Pandemic, and Gratitude
I went back and forth on the topic for this blog post. I feel like everyone is so sick of talking about the pandemic that another post about it would cause people to scream "STOP POSTING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC!" But then, if I wrote about something that's not the...
Teaching According to Students’ Talent
The pandemic profoundly impacted the field of education and our teaching environment. Instructors need to think about how to balance the need for student interactions with supporting students’ mental health and anxiety towards returning to in-person instruction....
Promoting Digital Active Learning and Student Learning Support
I would like to spotlight Dr. Charles (Ted) Wright is a Professor of Teaching in the Cognitive Science School of Social Sciences and Associate Dean of campuswide honors. Dr. Wright and I met in the summer of 2020 through the Digital Learning Institute (DLI)....