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Posted on: MSU Online & Remote...
Remote Teaching with Lectures
Lecture
Lectures can be created and offered using a combination of Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L. This will allow you to give and record your presentation (adding narrations to PowerPoint and local recording in Zoom) and deliver it to students (uploading video to MediaSpace and adding video content to D2L). We recommend you schedule online sessions during a time your course already occupies. Videos may be recorded via Zoom and then streamed to students via MSU MediaSpace and D2L.
Lectures can be created and offered using a combination of Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L. This will allow you to give and record your presentation (adding narrations to PowerPoint and local recording in Zoom) and deliver it to students (uploading video to MediaSpace and adding video content to D2L). We recommend you schedule online sessions during a time your course already occupies. Videos may be recorded via Zoom and then streamed to students via MSU MediaSpace and D2L.
Posted by: Makena Neal
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Lecture / Session Outline
Lecture or Instructional Session Outline
As an instructor, I've always worked towards organization and consistency in my lectures and sessions. I have personally found this approach to be helpful for myself, and my students. Several years ago I worked on a 'format' to outline how I organize my sessions / lectures. Several faculty members and instructors I have worked with have asked if I would 'share' this format. Here it is (a link to the Google Doc is provided below). You can use this as is, or modify it to meet your own needs. Over time these outlines have become invaluable for refinements and modifications for the courses I have taught or designed. Further, it helps when reflecting on how sessions went.
Title of Session / Lecture:
Course:
Unit / Module:
Date:
Session Objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
Prerequisite / Prior Learning
(Readings / Recorded Lectures / Activities)
1.
2.
3.
Anticipatory Set (Warm-up or icebreaker questions to set the tone for the lecture / session)
1.
2.
3.
Session / Lecture Materials (What resources will you use for this session?)
Session Interactivity (What ways will you engage students during the lecture / session)
End of Session Questions (Parting questions you will pose to your students)
Post Session Learning Activities
Opportunities for Students to Receive Feedback and Clarification (e.g. Exit Tickets, Muddiest Points)
Access a Google Doc version of this outline to customize for your own planning purposes by clicking this link.
Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash
As an instructor, I've always worked towards organization and consistency in my lectures and sessions. I have personally found this approach to be helpful for myself, and my students. Several years ago I worked on a 'format' to outline how I organize my sessions / lectures. Several faculty members and instructors I have worked with have asked if I would 'share' this format. Here it is (a link to the Google Doc is provided below). You can use this as is, or modify it to meet your own needs. Over time these outlines have become invaluable for refinements and modifications for the courses I have taught or designed. Further, it helps when reflecting on how sessions went.
Title of Session / Lecture:
Course:
Unit / Module:
Date:
Session Objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
Prerequisite / Prior Learning
(Readings / Recorded Lectures / Activities)
1.
2.
3.
Anticipatory Set (Warm-up or icebreaker questions to set the tone for the lecture / session)
1.
2.
3.
Session / Lecture Materials (What resources will you use for this session?)
Session Interactivity (What ways will you engage students during the lecture / session)
End of Session Questions (Parting questions you will pose to your students)
Post Session Learning Activities
Opportunities for Students to Receive Feedback and Clarification (e.g. Exit Tickets, Muddiest Points)
Access a Google Doc version of this outline to customize for your own planning purposes by clicking this link.
Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash
Posted by: Jay Loftus
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: #iteachmsu
The First Annual Ethics Lecture Series
Join us October 12th for the first annual MSU Ethics Lecture Series, Sponsored by Shashikant and Margaret Gupta and the Gupta Family Foundation!Welcoming inaugural guest lecturer Ambassador Norman Eisen for a discussion titled “Are We In An Ethics Crisis? And what we can do about it….” Wednesday, October 12, 2022Event starts at 5:30pmCook Recital HallMSU College of MusicNo RSVP necessary! All are welcome. Author, former Ethics Czar in the Obama Administration, and former Ambassador to Czech Republic, Norman Eisen is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution and an expert on law, ethics and anti-corruption. Learn more about him at https://www.brookings.edu/experts/norman-eisen
Posted by: Liz Fuller
Navigating Context
Posted on: MSU Online & Remote...
Remote lectures quick guide
Click on the image above to access a PDF file of the Quick GuideRemote Lectures
This quick guide provides an introduction to lecturing as you move to remote teaching. It outlines key steps to Plan, Modify, and Implement when making this move to optimize student learning. As with any steps you take in moving to remote teaching, it’s important to anchor your decisions in course learning objectives and to be transparent, flexible, and generous with students.
Plan
Remote lecturing can work as an alternative to delivering lectures in large, lecture-driven courses. Lectures can be created and offered using a combination of Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L. Planning for remote teaching involves creating a workflow for transitioning your course and setting up and utilizing the necessary technology for recording your remote lecture to then share with students.
Modify
When modifying lectures for remote learning, you’ll use Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L to approximate the in-class lecture experience. These modifications involve scheduling your lecture as a Zoom Webinar, communicating with students about this scheduled webinar, and then creating a “Virtual Classroom” module in D2L to hold your lecture.
Schedule Your Lecture as a Zoom Webinar that automatically records
Navigate to http://zoom.msu.edu and click the Login button
Click the Webinar tab, on the left-navigation
Click the Schedule Webinar button
Complete the Schedule a Webinar page with the following settings:
Topic: Enter course your name
Description: This is the dedicated location for virtual classroom
Recurring Webinar: Check
Recurrence: No fixed time
Registration: Uncheck
Webinar options:
Q&A: Check
Enable Practice Session: Check
Record webinar automatically on local computer: Check
Click on the Schedule button
Click in the Link to Join the Webinar field to copy link to clipboard
Let students know about your lecture
Post invitation or link to D2L Announcement
Email classlist a copy of the invitation in D2L
3. Create a dedicated Virtual Classroom module
Create a dedicated Virtual Classroom module
Add a module in your D2L course to serve as a dedicated “Virtual Classroom.” This module will contain the link for the dedicated Zoom session
Click the Upload /Create drop-down menu
Select Create a Link
Complete the New Link window
Title: Enter Link Name
URL: Paste Zoom link from your clipboard
Open as External Resource: Check
Implement
When it’s time for your lecture, you’ll run your slideshow/presentation as you would with an in-person lecture. This time, though, you’ll share your presentation screen in the Zoom Webinar that you set up, record your screen, and then upload that recording to Kaltura MediaSpace to then share with your students later.
Run Slideshow/Presentation
Open your PowerPoint Presentation
Click on the Slide Show tab, from the Ribbon bar
Click on the From Beginning icon
Tip: Running your presentation before beginning your Zoom session will make the presentation immediately available from the Share screen.
Start Webinar
Navigate to http://zoom.msu.edu and click the Login button
Click the Webinar tab, on the left navigation
Locate your previously scheduled webinar and press the Start button to initiate the session
Click the Share icon and select Screen. This will ensure everything on your screen is visible during the broadcast
Tip: If you have dual monitors you will need to decide which screen will broadcast your presentation.
Stop Webinar/ Render Video
The session will record automatically. When you are done simply press the Stop button
The recording will begin rendering after you press the End Meeting > End Meeting for All button
Tip: Render time is proportional to length of session. Please expect to take 3-5 minutes to render your lecture.
Upload Video
Log into MediaSpace: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/
Click on the Add New button
Choose a file to upload
Navigate to: \\Documents\ Zoom\[Session Name + TimeStamp]\zoom_0.mp4
Double click on the file to upload to MediaSpace
As it is uploading, scroll lower on the page, enter a name for the video, and click the Unlisted option and hit Save
Share link with students
Click on the Go to media link at the bottom of the page
Under the video there is a tab called Share, click on it
Copy the link it gives you to the Media Page and post that in D2L
In your D2L course, click on the Content tab
Click on the “Add a module…” field located in the left-navigation
Type Recorded Lectures and press enter
In the module, click the Upload/create button and choose the Create a link option
Paste the link you copied from MediaSpace
Complete the New Link window
Title: Enter Link Name
URL: Paste Zoom link from your clipboard
Open as External Resource: Check
Additional Help
For additional help and support, please check out the other remote teaching articles on iteahc.msu.edu or contact the MSU IT Service Desk at local (517) 432-6200 or toll free (844) 678-6200.
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This quick guide provides an introduction to lecturing as you move to remote teaching. It outlines key steps to Plan, Modify, and Implement when making this move to optimize student learning. As with any steps you take in moving to remote teaching, it’s important to anchor your decisions in course learning objectives and to be transparent, flexible, and generous with students.
Plan
Remote lecturing can work as an alternative to delivering lectures in large, lecture-driven courses. Lectures can be created and offered using a combination of Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L. Planning for remote teaching involves creating a workflow for transitioning your course and setting up and utilizing the necessary technology for recording your remote lecture to then share with students.
Modify
When modifying lectures for remote learning, you’ll use Office 365 (PowerPoint), Zoom, MediaSpace, and D2L to approximate the in-class lecture experience. These modifications involve scheduling your lecture as a Zoom Webinar, communicating with students about this scheduled webinar, and then creating a “Virtual Classroom” module in D2L to hold your lecture.
Schedule Your Lecture as a Zoom Webinar that automatically records
Navigate to http://zoom.msu.edu and click the Login button
Click the Webinar tab, on the left-navigation
Click the Schedule Webinar button
Complete the Schedule a Webinar page with the following settings:
Topic: Enter course your name
Description: This is the dedicated location for virtual classroom
Recurring Webinar: Check
Recurrence: No fixed time
Registration: Uncheck
Webinar options:
Q&A: Check
Enable Practice Session: Check
Record webinar automatically on local computer: Check
Click on the Schedule button
Click in the Link to Join the Webinar field to copy link to clipboard
Let students know about your lecture
Post invitation or link to D2L Announcement
Email classlist a copy of the invitation in D2L
3. Create a dedicated Virtual Classroom module
Create a dedicated Virtual Classroom module
Add a module in your D2L course to serve as a dedicated “Virtual Classroom.” This module will contain the link for the dedicated Zoom session
Click the Upload /Create drop-down menu
Select Create a Link
Complete the New Link window
Title: Enter Link Name
URL: Paste Zoom link from your clipboard
Open as External Resource: Check
Implement
When it’s time for your lecture, you’ll run your slideshow/presentation as you would with an in-person lecture. This time, though, you’ll share your presentation screen in the Zoom Webinar that you set up, record your screen, and then upload that recording to Kaltura MediaSpace to then share with your students later.
Run Slideshow/Presentation
Open your PowerPoint Presentation
Click on the Slide Show tab, from the Ribbon bar
Click on the From Beginning icon
Tip: Running your presentation before beginning your Zoom session will make the presentation immediately available from the Share screen.
Start Webinar
Navigate to http://zoom.msu.edu and click the Login button
Click the Webinar tab, on the left navigation
Locate your previously scheduled webinar and press the Start button to initiate the session
Click the Share icon and select Screen. This will ensure everything on your screen is visible during the broadcast
Tip: If you have dual monitors you will need to decide which screen will broadcast your presentation.
Stop Webinar/ Render Video
The session will record automatically. When you are done simply press the Stop button
The recording will begin rendering after you press the End Meeting > End Meeting for All button
Tip: Render time is proportional to length of session. Please expect to take 3-5 minutes to render your lecture.
Upload Video
Log into MediaSpace: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/
Click on the Add New button
Choose a file to upload
Navigate to: \\Documents\ Zoom\[Session Name + TimeStamp]\zoom_0.mp4
Double click on the file to upload to MediaSpace
As it is uploading, scroll lower on the page, enter a name for the video, and click the Unlisted option and hit Save
Share link with students
Click on the Go to media link at the bottom of the page
Under the video there is a tab called Share, click on it
Copy the link it gives you to the Media Page and post that in D2L
In your D2L course, click on the Content tab
Click on the “Add a module…” field located in the left-navigation
Type Recorded Lectures and press enter
In the module, click the Upload/create button and choose the Create a link option
Paste the link you copied from MediaSpace
Complete the New Link window
Title: Enter Link Name
URL: Paste Zoom link from your clipboard
Open as External Resource: Check
Additional Help
For additional help and support, please check out the other remote teaching articles on iteahc.msu.edu or contact the MSU IT Service Desk at local (517) 432-6200 or toll free (844) 678-6200.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Authored by: 4.0 International (CC by 4.0)
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Introductory audio lecture on high-impact assessment design
This introductory audio lecture clarifies some fundamental assessment terms and introduces a short thought experiment. Instead of an article or video or slideshow, we chose to present the preliminary material through voice alone to maximize portability. Which is to say, we wanted to make the text as screen-free as possible, so people could take a little break from their computers and listen outdoors while they stroll or jog or tend to a garden or chore.
Authored by: Michael Lockett
Assessing Learning
Posted on: New Technologies
New Technologies: Classroom Video - Focus Group
In order to facilitate a blended learning approach, the university is planning to install 200 high quality web cameras in many of the lecture halls across campus. The rooms will be equipped with echo cancellation to prevent room sound from feeding back into the mic. The camera will work with existing software that are commonly used on campus; such as: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Camtasia, and Kaltura Capture (located on mediaspace.msu.edu).
Below you will find a recording of focus group conducted with educators across campus:
To contribute feedback of your own, click on the following qualtrics link:https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMGiNyXeaWe7045
Below you will find a recording of focus group conducted with educators across campus:
To contribute feedback of your own, click on the following qualtrics link:https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMGiNyXeaWe7045
Authored by: Rashad Muhammad
Posted on: New Technologies
Hybrid Tech Cart Demo
As a follow-up to our focus group we had on the Lecture Cam, The Hub and Academic Technologies conducted a demo of the total experience of using the updated tech in the model.
The purpose of this demo is to :
Provide a general Hybrid Tech Cart overview
Demonstrate best practices and provide recommendations for classroom facilitation
Answer specific questions in preparation for the Fall
The purpose of this demo is to :
Provide a general Hybrid Tech Cart overview
Demonstrate best practices and provide recommendations for classroom facilitation
Answer specific questions in preparation for the Fall
Authored by: Rashad Muhammad
Posted on: Graduate Teaching A...
Teaching and Effective Classroom Practices for any Educator
Teaching and Effective Classroom Practices for any Educator
2022-23 Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation
The Graduate School Teaching Development Unit offers all international, new, and returning graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) an orientation and preparation program to get familiar with teaching in the U.S. as well as learn about important policies and their implementation, about supporting student success, being culturally responsive and communicate effectively and set healthy boundaries. In addition, accomplished educators deliver pedagogy workshop for educators.
This year, the Pedagogy Workshops and Best Practices in Teaching Sessions are offered in person at the STEM Teaching & Learning Facility (642 Cedar Rd.). Any educator can register and participate. Find the link to register for any of the workshops underneath the table with all workshop titles.
Workshops Round 1 (Select one)
Time (all ET)
Workshop Title
9:00 – 10:30 am
Room 2130
Preparing for Your First Day of Teaching & Cultivating Student Learning (Presenters: Stefanie Baier and Ellen Searle)
9:00 – 10:30 am
Room 2202
Promoting Student Engagement in Large Lecture-Based Courses
(Presenter: Kirstin Parkin)
10:30 – 11:00 am
BREAK
Workshops Round 2 (Select one)
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Room 2130
“What’s in Your Syllabus?”: Creating and Using Syllabi for Successful Teaching and Learning
(Presenter: Mary-Beth Heeder)
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Room 2202
Developing a Plan for Effective Grading: Technology, Communication, and Time-Management (Presenters: Seth Hunt and Chase Bruggeman)
12:30 – 1:00 pm
BREAK
Workshops Round 3 (Select one)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Room 2130
Scientific Teaching and Assessing What’s Important in STEM Learning (Presenter: Diane Ebert May)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Room 2202
Navigating Challenges: How to Be a Trauma-Informed Educator
(Presenter: Hima Rawal)
Register for your Workshops HERE
For more information about Graduate Student Teaching Professional Development Opportunities, go to https://grad.msu.edu/gtap and check the Graduate School calendar for sessions throughout the year.
2022-23 Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation
The Graduate School Teaching Development Unit offers all international, new, and returning graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) an orientation and preparation program to get familiar with teaching in the U.S. as well as learn about important policies and their implementation, about supporting student success, being culturally responsive and communicate effectively and set healthy boundaries. In addition, accomplished educators deliver pedagogy workshop for educators.
This year, the Pedagogy Workshops and Best Practices in Teaching Sessions are offered in person at the STEM Teaching & Learning Facility (642 Cedar Rd.). Any educator can register and participate. Find the link to register for any of the workshops underneath the table with all workshop titles.
Workshops Round 1 (Select one)
Time (all ET)
Workshop Title
9:00 – 10:30 am
Room 2130
Preparing for Your First Day of Teaching & Cultivating Student Learning (Presenters: Stefanie Baier and Ellen Searle)
9:00 – 10:30 am
Room 2202
Promoting Student Engagement in Large Lecture-Based Courses
(Presenter: Kirstin Parkin)
10:30 – 11:00 am
BREAK
Workshops Round 2 (Select one)
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Room 2130
“What’s in Your Syllabus?”: Creating and Using Syllabi for Successful Teaching and Learning
(Presenter: Mary-Beth Heeder)
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Room 2202
Developing a Plan for Effective Grading: Technology, Communication, and Time-Management (Presenters: Seth Hunt and Chase Bruggeman)
12:30 – 1:00 pm
BREAK
Workshops Round 3 (Select one)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Room 2130
Scientific Teaching and Assessing What’s Important in STEM Learning (Presenter: Diane Ebert May)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Room 2202
Navigating Challenges: How to Be a Trauma-Informed Educator
(Presenter: Hima Rawal)
Register for your Workshops HERE
For more information about Graduate Student Teaching Professional Development Opportunities, go to https://grad.msu.edu/gtap and check the Graduate School calendar for sessions throughout the year.
Authored by: Stefanie Baier & the GTA Teaching Learning Community, Graduate School
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Click on the attached file to find an accessible PDF of the MSU Remote Lectures Quick Guide!
Posted by: Makena Neal
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Video lecture panel was great, but should have emphasized the importance of checking color contrast, you don't know if you might have a color blind student. Tools like contrastchecker.com let you see if your content is still readable without color.
Posted by: Carla Hearn-Willard
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: CISAH
After the workshop ended, we struck up a discussion about the issue of scale when it comes to creative assignments, namely:
How do you incorporate creativity/alternative modalities into especially large classes?
The example from our discussion was the 450-person IAH courses that run in lecture halls, but we could certainly use this discussion to comment on the ways we scale creative assignments to class size as well.
What experience do you have with handling the challenges of creativity with a large group? Alternately, if you have any sources that address this question, please feel free to share here as well!
How do you incorporate creativity/alternative modalities into especially large classes?
The example from our discussion was the 450-person IAH courses that run in lecture halls, but we could certainly use this discussion to comment on the ways we scale creative assignments to class size as well.
What experience do you have with handling the challenges of creativity with a large group? Alternately, if you have any sources that address this question, please feel free to share here as well!
Posted by: Garth J Sabo
Pedagogical Design
Posted on: Masking Matters
Leathers, Lauren. 2020. From the Expert: Tips on Lecturing with a Mask. Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia. October 14.
Posted by: Garth J Sabo
Navigating Context
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Recommendations for using a Catchbox in a classroom https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYCtDxuQlSbU76S8L7qEKPhzwJQSecZRod2YOq6GKgk/edit?usp=sharing
Posted by: Rashad Muhammad
Posted on: GenAI & Education
AI Commons Bulletin 12/18/2024
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
🍔 Try This: Use AI to generate scenario examples
If you often use examples and scenarios in your lectures, AI can refresh them or generate new ones quickly.
BUT: Characters in gen AI scenarios can display a bias toward western culture. To mitigate, add this to your prompt “Ensure that the name used is gender inclusive and representative of a diverse cultural/ethnic background” (Mirowsky, 2024)
Learn More: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00844/suppl_file/ed4c00844_si_001.pdf
🧲 Google Releases New “Learn About” AI Tool
The tool “helps you explore academic topics & concepts.” The layout resembles a textbook, includes additional audio and video sources, and further topics are even organized by terms that Bloom’s uses under comprehension: Understand, Explain, Describe.
BUT: Learning is not saved. Once you close the page, the session is gone.
Learn More: https://learning.google.com/experiments/learn-about
📗 Syllabus Statements
Students want to know what is or is not allowed in using AI for a course:
1. No AI
2. AI Planning
3. AI Collaboration
4. Full AI
5. AI Exploration
Learn More: Perkins, M., Roe, J., & Furze, L. (2024). The AI Assessment Scale Revisited: A Framework for Educational Assessment (No. arXiv:2412.09029). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.09029
Get the AI-Commons Bulletin on our Microsoft Teams channel, at aicommons.commons.msu.edu, or by email (send an email to aicommons@msu.edu with the word “subscribe”).
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
🍔 Try This: Use AI to generate scenario examples
If you often use examples and scenarios in your lectures, AI can refresh them or generate new ones quickly.
BUT: Characters in gen AI scenarios can display a bias toward western culture. To mitigate, add this to your prompt “Ensure that the name used is gender inclusive and representative of a diverse cultural/ethnic background” (Mirowsky, 2024)
Learn More: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00844/suppl_file/ed4c00844_si_001.pdf
🧲 Google Releases New “Learn About” AI Tool
The tool “helps you explore academic topics & concepts.” The layout resembles a textbook, includes additional audio and video sources, and further topics are even organized by terms that Bloom’s uses under comprehension: Understand, Explain, Describe.
BUT: Learning is not saved. Once you close the page, the session is gone.
Learn More: https://learning.google.com/experiments/learn-about
📗 Syllabus Statements
Students want to know what is or is not allowed in using AI for a course:
1. No AI
2. AI Planning
3. AI Collaboration
4. Full AI
5. AI Exploration
Learn More: Perkins, M., Roe, J., & Furze, L. (2024). The AI Assessment Scale Revisited: A Framework for Educational Assessment (No. arXiv:2412.09029). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.09029
Get the AI-Commons Bulletin on our Microsoft Teams channel, at aicommons.commons.msu.edu, or by email (send an email to aicommons@msu.edu with the word “subscribe”).
Posted by: Sarah Freye
Posted on: Center for Teaching...
Our Spring Conference on teaching and learning was focused on the guiding philosophy of our Teaching Center: Engaging and Equitable Education for All. This philosophy not only guides our center's educational development and pedagogical strategies but also reflects our commitment to creating learning environments where every student feels valued and empowered. Indeed, it's at the core of MSU’s mission to ensure that all students can succeed, and the work educators do is central in the pursuit of that mission.
The conference was a day not just to celebrate successes in the classroom, but also to offer sincere thanks for the work Spartan educators do to make MSU a place of deep and meaningful learning. Educators are well aware of the powerful role gratitude plays in higher ed. Gratitude is not just about saying 'thank you.' It is about acknowledging the hard work and passion of everyone involved in the educational endeavor—recognizing that each contribution, no matter how small it might seem, enriches our students’ collective experience and understanding.
I’ve seen that enrichment play out in my own family over the past four years. Just last weekend my son graduated from James Madison College. His growth as a writer, a thinker, a critic, and a leader has been remarkable to watch. His college experience was defined by all the things that make MSU so great – football games, RSOs, dorm food, parking tickets, an unforgettable study abroad experience, wicked winter walks between Wells Hall and Case. But ask him today what stood out the most and he’d without question say it was in the classroom where he changed the most. His experience is typical of so many of the 6,200 students that walked across stages all last weekend. They leave here more prepared to thrive and lead because of what MSU’s educators gave them day in and day out in class. And it’s because of those thousands of changed lives that it’s so important to pause on occasion to thank educators.
CTLI’s “Thank an Educator” initiative, which launched 2018, exemplifies the ethos of gratitude that I hope to elevate in the Teaching Center. Since it's inception over 900 educators have received notes of gratitude for the excellent work they do. They all are testaments to the varied ways in which education can impact the lives of the members of the Spartan community. I encourage you to click the Thank and Educator link to the left or visit https://iteach.msu.edu/home/thank_an_educator so you can thank an educator yourself!
At the Teaching Center we celebrate and recognize the diverse array of educators across roles on our campus; each one plays a crucial role in shaping the vibrant educational ecosystem at MSU. At CTLI, our definition of educator is broad and inclusive. We believe that everyone here contributes to our teaching and learning mission. From the lab supervisor engaging with students in hands-on research to the campus tour guide sharing the Spartan spirit with prospective students to the veteran professor delivering that inspiring lecture, you are all educators in the fullest sense. The interactions educators foster and the knowledge they share underscore our “Spartans Will” ethos—demonstrating determination, resilience, and a commitment to excellence.
The conference was a day not just to celebrate successes in the classroom, but also to offer sincere thanks for the work Spartan educators do to make MSU a place of deep and meaningful learning. Educators are well aware of the powerful role gratitude plays in higher ed. Gratitude is not just about saying 'thank you.' It is about acknowledging the hard work and passion of everyone involved in the educational endeavor—recognizing that each contribution, no matter how small it might seem, enriches our students’ collective experience and understanding.
I’ve seen that enrichment play out in my own family over the past four years. Just last weekend my son graduated from James Madison College. His growth as a writer, a thinker, a critic, and a leader has been remarkable to watch. His college experience was defined by all the things that make MSU so great – football games, RSOs, dorm food, parking tickets, an unforgettable study abroad experience, wicked winter walks between Wells Hall and Case. But ask him today what stood out the most and he’d without question say it was in the classroom where he changed the most. His experience is typical of so many of the 6,200 students that walked across stages all last weekend. They leave here more prepared to thrive and lead because of what MSU’s educators gave them day in and day out in class. And it’s because of those thousands of changed lives that it’s so important to pause on occasion to thank educators.
CTLI’s “Thank an Educator” initiative, which launched 2018, exemplifies the ethos of gratitude that I hope to elevate in the Teaching Center. Since it's inception over 900 educators have received notes of gratitude for the excellent work they do. They all are testaments to the varied ways in which education can impact the lives of the members of the Spartan community. I encourage you to click the Thank and Educator link to the left or visit https://iteach.msu.edu/home/thank_an_educator so you can thank an educator yourself!
At the Teaching Center we celebrate and recognize the diverse array of educators across roles on our campus; each one plays a crucial role in shaping the vibrant educational ecosystem at MSU. At CTLI, our definition of educator is broad and inclusive. We believe that everyone here contributes to our teaching and learning mission. From the lab supervisor engaging with students in hands-on research to the campus tour guide sharing the Spartan spirit with prospective students to the veteran professor delivering that inspiring lecture, you are all educators in the fullest sense. The interactions educators foster and the knowledge they share underscore our “Spartans Will” ethos—demonstrating determination, resilience, and a commitment to excellence.
Posted by: Jeremy Van Hof
Pedagogical Design