This past spring, the CTEI Journal Club read and discussed an article from the October 2024 edition of Cell Biology Education – Life Science Education journal titled: Exploring Variations in STEM Instructors’ Approaches to Office Hours. This article presents findings from a study that examined how STEM instructors from one institution perceive and conduct office hours. This study is somewhat unique in that most of the existing literature around this topic focuses on the student experience...| The Innovative Instructor
Have you ever given students an assignment and then had them come back to you a short time later asking, “What are we supposed to do again?”, “I don’t understand how this relates to what we’re learning in class.” or “Why are we doing this assignment?” Despite instructors’ best efforts to clearly outline or explain an assignment to students, it doesn’t always translate the way they intend and students are sometimes left confused or unsure about what is expected. Perhaps the...| The Innovative Instructor
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) hosted a Lunch and Learn panel discussion titled, “Continuous Improvement: Maintaining Engagement in the Classroom as an Instructor.” Featured faculty panelists included Belinda Chen, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Faculty Development Programs in Curriculum Development at the School of Medicine, Anicia Timberlake, Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Peabody Institute, and Lisa...| The Innovative Instructor
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) hosted the first Lunch and Learn of the Fall 2024 semester. Brian Klaas, Assistant Director for Technology and instructor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented: … Continue reading →| The Innovative Instructor