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Implementing Active Learning in Large-Enrollment Courses
Claire Freimark, School of Biological Sciences Introductory undergraduate science courses can be intimidating. Large class sizes, long lectures, and cumulative exams can lead to high stress levels, poor student attitudes, and low retention rates in STEM majors....
Covid-19, Educational Inequity, and Student Outcomes
Alisson Rowland, School of Social Sciences The US’s poor welfare infrastructure, combined with the devastation of Covid-19, has perpetuated racist educational inequities (Kyeremateng, Oguda, Asemota 2022; Johnson-Agbakwu et al. 2022). Sonya Douglass Horsford,...
Implementing Undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) in College Classrooms: A Win-Win-Win-Win!
Karma Rose Zavita, School of Social Ecology Big universities are the most likely to have large lecture-style classes and as a result of the labor involved in managing these courses, there has been an increase reliance on the use of Teaching Assistants (TA’s). One...
Cultivating an Inclusive Learning Environment
It’s my honor to spotlight Professor Brandon Golob, an assistant professor of teaching of Criminology, Law and Society in the School of Social Ecology. I would like to highlight his relentless work to cultivate his course to be an inclusive learning environment...
Reflective Practice Toolkit
“Reflective Practice is the ability to reflect on one's actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning.” - Donald Schön In research, it is proven that developing reflective-writing exercises/activities will foster deeper learning and reflective...
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A Celebration Sneak Peek
I'm probably jinxing it just by writing this blog post...but Celebration of Teaching is back! The nominations are in, the winners will be revealed, and I am in full party planning mode. Even more good news - since Covid killed everybody's attention span,...
Course Transformation & A Growth Mindset
This month I would like to spotlight Patrick Hong, Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at UCI’s Samueli School of Engineering. He is passionate about education and teaching and has attended and acted as guest speaker in numerous events and workshops held by...
An Article: “10 Course Policies to Rethink on Your Fall (Winter) Syllabus”
Going through this unprecedented time for almost two years, academia is still undergoing adapting and facing new challenges to best serve the community and create effective teaching and learning environments. Before the Fall quarter started, I encountered an...