It was cool back then…….

I began talking about the syllabus different with my students emphasizing more it is a contract between us, my commitment to them and their commitment to me, the class, themselves and each other. This encourages them to read it more carefully.
I also added PSU resources section, quite detailed. The response has been very positive. They say they did’t know that PSU provided these.

Being astoundingly incompetent at arithmetic, I learned early in my teaching career that if I apply numbers to anything, it will go wrong. This is not entirely a logical approach, it is more like a religious faith.

It was a virtual class, Digital Preservation in Archives for the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies graduate program.

The faculty member who was scheduled to teach it had to take a leave of absence and because programming was such a new elective at the college I went to, they just looked internally for someone who could teach it.

After going through the ACE framework I realized that Moodle was not very mobile friendly so I built my platform in SharePoint.

RAD for men, RAD for Women and Wellness Choices

Students need to pursue self motivated learning to assist with their creative endeavors. For most of my career I gave the answers, they defined them, and I approved. With students tapping into the resource of the interwebs we now have engaging classroom discussions, create real world scenarios for definitions and validate historical and technical information as a group. Not to mention they then use their new frame of reference to inform the projects they create in the course.

I’ve been working in career education for well over a decade and reflection has been a critical component to guiding individuals through the career decision-making process. Excited to expand intentional reflection into students development of the Habits of Mind as a first time TWP instructor.

This past year I learned to be more flexible in my teaching. CPLC and the pandemic taught me how to do this. When looking at past syllabi of mine I can easily see the difference from then to now. I used to require students to submit an online journal each week. I would offer them a question and ask them to provide an answer. Flash forward to present. CPLC taught me be more flexible and to offer student choice. At first I was terrified. I can say now that I needed to be in control. It also meant that I didn’t trust my students. If I didn’t trust them how could I expect them to trust me? Now I offer students 3 or 4 options/questions/topics to chose from. I also have given them the opportunity to submit their work as video, art, music or poetry. This provides them with the opportunity to be in charge of their own learning and offers me some insight into their talents and interests.