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I wrote this attached article to share my top 9 tips about online teaching for an audience of History & Philosophy of Science educators. It's called "You Can Teach Online! Designing effective and engaging online courses." It features the SOIRÉE "magic table" by Rachel Barnard. It was published in the Canadian Society for HPS' Communiqué newsletter in Autumn 2020 (p.42-44).

I wrote this attached article to share my top 9 tips about online teaching for an audience of History & Philosophy of Science educators. It's called "You Can Teach Online! Designing effective and engaging online courses." It features the SOIRÉE "magic table" by Rachel Barnard. It was published in the Canadian Society for HPS' Communiqué newsletter in Autumn 2020 (p.42-44).

Recently, I have been working on how we might provide instruction in DEI principles to the students in our courses. Here is what I have come up with:

"Timely Team Tips: Stealthy DEI Instruction through Brief Animated Explainer Videos

Fostering Inclusive Practices within the Student Learning Teams Organized for My IAH Courses"

Timely Team Tips #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa18WLyz3tQ
Timely Team Tips #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzV0yFgX6E
Timely Team Tips #3 - ht...

Recently, I have been working on how we might provide instruction in DEI principles to the students in our courses. Here is what I have come up with:

"Timely Team Tips: Stealthy DEI Instruction through Brief Animated Explainer Videos

Fostering Inclusive Practices within the Student Learning Teams Organized for My IAH Courses"

Timely Team Tips #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa18WLyz3tQ
Timely Team Tips #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzV0yFgX6E
Timely Team Tips #3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGTEdf54CI
Timely Team Tips #4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7wemM9h2zk
Timely Team Tips #5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITKHb5TtdV4
Timely Team Tips #6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GHwB3Dw8vc&t=7s
Timely Team Tips #7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjwCSyHhTKs&t=5s
Timely Team Tips #8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG53U-5QYe4
Timely Team Tips #9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxngV78pgsU
Timely Team Tips #10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwuikDDsRSI

The recently created explainer videos above are now embedded into my online course modules for Week 3-Week 12 and are presented to students in the context of fostering student learning team “cohesion” (I have made to conscious decision to avoid the terms diversity, equity, and inclusion in most instances) during weekly collaborative assignments and three larger digital projects students are asked to complete as part of my currently asynchronous online courses.

Part of my thinking behind this project has been to help prepare students for professional life after graduation – think 21st century employability skills -- given the attention paid to DEI principles and practices within the business and corporate world. The information presented in these animated explainer videos is a synthesis of other information from many different academic and corporate sources online by the way. I take no credit for it other than in the way I present it to my students, using the Doodly app. The project is developing, so I anticipate adjustments as I continue the work.

When I move to a hybrid modality as we transition back to the physical classroom next fall (???), I plan to keep and retain all of the online materials developed during the last two years of the pandemic to better support, motivate, and engage the students in my (gen. ed.) courses, another ongoing project of long standing.

If ever you would like to talk in more detail about my ongoing work with this, just drop me a line. As difficult as the last couple of years have been for everyone, I have really enjoyed the turbo charged push forward it has provided when t comes to how I think about my courses, teaching, and related points here at MSU.

Hello everyone! Here is my contribution to next Friday's session, a recent article by Zhonggen Yu, The Effects of Gender, Educational Level, and Personality on Online Learning Outcomes During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2021). Looking forward to seeing you this Friday, February 11th.

Hello everyone! Here is my contribution to next Friday's session, a recent article by Zhonggen Yu, The Effects of Gender, Educational Level, and Personality on Online Learning Outcomes During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2021). Looking forward to seeing you this Friday, February 11th.

Just stumbled across a recent book entitled What Inclusive Instructor Do: Principles and Practices in College teaching (2021) that might be interesting in light of everything. Here is the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/What-Inclusive-Instructors-Principles-Excellence/dp/1642671932/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Just stumbled across a recent book entitled What Inclusive Instructor Do: Principles and Practices in College teaching (2021) that might be interesting in light of everything. Here is the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/What-Inclusive-Instructors-Principles-Excellence/dp/1642671932/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Doing some long-term planning and related reading on DEI in the classroom this morning, and stumbled across the following resources that might be helpful to others:

https://libguides.umsl.edu/DEI_Reading_List/Classroom

Doing some long-term planning and related reading on DEI in the classroom this morning, and stumbled across the following resources that might be helpful to others:

https://libguides.umsl.edu/DEI_Reading_List/Classroom

Here is the article

Here is the article

A belated Happy (Happier?) 2022 everyone. Please join us at 11am this Friday morning (January 21st) for another session on how we might better motivate and engage our students in their college and university coursework. Here is the Zoom meeting information:

Topic: 2021-2022 Reading Group for Student Engagement and Success.
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting
https://msu.zoom.us/j/95148307886

Meeting ID: 951 4830 7886
Passcode: 432210


Hope to se...

A belated Happy (Happier?) 2022 everyone. Please join us at 11am this Friday morning (January 21st) for another session on how we might better motivate and engage our students in their college and university coursework. Here is the Zoom meeting information:

Topic: 2021-2022 Reading Group for Student Engagement and Success.
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting
https://msu.zoom.us/j/95148307886

Meeting ID: 951 4830 7886
Passcode: 432210


Hope to see you there!

Stokes and Garth

In my ongoing quest to find how we might better motivate and engage our students, particularly within a general education context, I've come across a couple of interesting sources online.

Universal Design for Learning at a Glance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1B6yQXsr0c
Provides an engaging, concise explanation of what UDL is and how it works in the (college) 'classroom.'

The Nora Project -- https://thenoraproject.ngo/mission
A fairly comprehensive website that addresses the in...

In my ongoing quest to find how we might better motivate and engage our students, particularly within a general education context, I've come across a couple of interesting sources online.

Universal Design for Learning at a Glance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1B6yQXsr0c
Provides an engaging, concise explanation of what UDL is and how it works in the (college) 'classroom.'

The Nora Project -- https://thenoraproject.ngo/mission
A fairly comprehensive website that addresses the intersection of disability and inclusivity. Geared more specifically toward teaching children, there are nevertheless various resources and approaches that might be tweaked a bit to fit the college 'classroom' in whatever form that takes right now.

Both are providing me with all sorts of ways that I can tailor (and expand the range of) student assessments moving toward and planning for AY2022-2023.

Our Spartan Studios Playkit is now a navigable PDF! Have fun with these resources for designing your own interdisciplinary, experiential courses or improving an existing course. Thanks to Erica Venton and the Provost's Communications Team for developing this playful resource with us.

Our Spartan Studios Playkit is now a navigable PDF! Have fun with these resources for designing your own interdisciplinary, experiential courses or improving an existing course. Thanks to Erica Venton and the Provost's Communications Team for developing this playful resource with us.

A belated Happy 2022 everyone! Stumbled across a bunch of interesting ideas for (end of semester) digital project ideas for our students at ditchthattextbook.com this morning. Lots of cool stuff here that will motivate and engage students in their learning throughout the semester not just at the very end things. Here is the direct link: https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ideas-for-digital-end-of-semester-final-projects/

A belated Happy 2022 everyone! Stumbled across a bunch of interesting ideas for (end of semester) digital project ideas for our students at ditchthattextbook.com this morning. Lots of cool stuff here that will motivate and engage students in their learning throughout the semester not just at the very end things. Here is the direct link: https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ideas-for-digital-end-of-semester-final-projects/

As we discussed on 12/3, I've created a new schedule/signup doc to guide our reading selections moving forward. See the link below, please consider adding yourself to the schedule for a meeting or two in the new year, and let me or Stokes know if you have any questions or concerns about the slight format adjustment!
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x9eCE12sbIO_BY22wCwrIOj-aSxTci89L6-uUOP6y4A/edit?usp=sharing

As we discussed on 12/3, I've created a new schedule/signup doc to guide our reading selections moving forward. See the link below, please consider adding yourself to the schedule for a meeting or two in the new year, and let me or Stokes know if you have any questions or concerns about the slight format adjustment!
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x9eCE12sbIO_BY22wCwrIOj-aSxTci89L6-uUOP6y4A/edit?usp=sharing

An interesting piece this morning on Faculty Focus about using short (instructor) videos in our courses to both connect with students and reinforce learning goals each week. A direct link is below for anyone who is interested. While I have developed an extensive network of two-minute whiteboard animations since last summer as part of my online course modules, I must admit that the itch to develop short videos (that are more interesting than my old Prezi videos in use during the 2020-2021 AY...

An interesting piece this morning on Faculty Focus about using short (instructor) videos in our courses to both connect with students and reinforce learning goals each week. A direct link is below for anyone who is interested. While I have developed an extensive network of two-minute whiteboard animations since last summer as part of my online course modules, I must admit that the itch to develop short videos (that are more interesting than my old Prezi videos in use during the 2020-2021 AY) is once again present.

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-delivery-and-instruction/video-killed-the-radio-star-text-based-instructional-methods/?st=FFdaily%3Bsc%3DFF211201%3Butm_term%3DFF211201&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Video+Killed+the+R%CC%B7a%CC%B7d%CC%B7i%CC%B7o%CC%B7+S%CC%B7t%CC%B7a%CC%B7r%CC%B7+Text-based+Instructional+Methods&utm_campaign=FF211201