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November 2024

  1. “5 Conditions for getting Formative Assessment Right” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/effective-formative-assessment/
  2. Professors at Play - https://professorsatplay.org/
  3. “The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics” - https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620919372
  4. “InfoCrit: Moving toward Critical Race Theory in LIS” - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/731839

October 2024

  1. “GPTs and Hallucination: Why do large language models hallucinate?” - https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3688007
  2. “How Metacognition Can Optimize Learning” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/metacognition/
  3. “How Student Experience and Belonging Interventions Can Support Strong Postsecondary Outcomes” - https://www.ihep.org/publication/student-experience-and-belonging-strong-outcomes/
  4. “AI and the Case for Project-Based Teaching” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-and-the-case-for-project-based-teaching
  5. “Is This the End of Reading? Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied.” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-this-the-end-of-reading (H/T Sean)
  6. “Don’t sort by relevance” - https://news.educ.cam.ac.uk/2304-dont-sort-relevance
  7. Ithaka S+R “US Instructor Survey 2024” - https://sr.ithaka.org/publications/us-instructor-survey-2024/
  8. “White Paper – Building an AI Literacy Framework: Perspectives from Instruction Librarians and Current Information Literacy Tools” - https://www.choice360.org/research/white-paper-building-an-ai-literacy-framework-perspectives-from-instruction-librarians-and-current-information-literacy-tools/
  9. “Should AI Bots Do Scholarly Research?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-09-26-should-ai-bots-do-science
  10. “Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/gender-inclusive-school/

August 2024

  1. “AI-Enabled Transformation of Information Objects Into Learning Objects” - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/07/30/ai-enabled-transformation-of-information-objects-into-learning-objects/
  2. “In Student-Centered Classrooms, the Instructor Must Come First” - https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/07/18/student-centered-teaching-should-consider-instructors-first
  3. “How Semantic Pulse Surveys Can Boost Your School Climate” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/semantic-pulse-surveys/
  4. “How to Get Your Students to Read” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-get-your-students-to-read
  5. “What I Need From My White Peers to Thrive as a Teacher of Color” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-07-24-what-i-need-from-my-white-peers-to-thrive-as-a-teacher-of-color
  6. “How To Teach Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom Without Technology” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-to-teach-artificial-intelligence-without-technology/

June 2024

  1. “2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition” - https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/5/2024-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition
  2. “10 Ideas for Reflecting at the End of the School Year” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/learning/10-ideas-for-reflecting-at-the-end-of-the-school-year.html
  3. “AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions”  - https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00103-X
  4. “Algorithms and the Problem of Intellectual Passivity” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/algorithms-and-the-problem-of-intellectual-passivity

April 2024

  1. “Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/stare/
  2. “From Mistakes to Mastery: A Roadmap for Developing Mistake-Literate Learners” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-is-mistake-literacy/
  3. “Competencies for Generative AI in Libraries” - https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/03/competencies-for-generative-ai-in-libraries.html
  4. “43 Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Education” - https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/artificial-intelligence-education/
  5. “Digital Media Literacy Becoming a Graduation Requirement” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/teaching-learning/2024/03/26/colleges-adding-digital-literacy-graduation

March 2024

February 2024

  1. “What’s Next for Ed Tech in 2024” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/teaching-learning/2024/01/04/ai-vr-and-techy-classrooms-whats-next-ed-tech
  2. “8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ed-tech-tools-2024/
  3. “What Is Active Listening?” - https://hbr.org/2024/01/what-is-active-listening
  4. ChatGPT Comprehensive Resource Guide: ChatGPT 101 - https://libraryhelp.sfcc.edu/Chat-GPT
  5. “Inside the Push to Bring AI Literacy to Schools and Colleges” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-01-23-inside-the-push-to-bring-ai-literacy-to-schools-and-colleges

January 2024

  1. IU KB “PDF and electronic document decision tree” to ensure documents are accessible - https://kb.iu.edu/d/biog
  2. Professors at Play - https://professorsatplay.org/
  3. AI Litigation Database - https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/

And some 2023 looking back stuff.

  1. “Higher Ed’s Top 10 Developments of 2023” - https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/12/18/higher-eds-top-10-developments-2023
  2. “Looking Back on the Biggest Education Trends of 2023” – Podcast - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-01-02-looking-back-on-the-biggest-education-trends-of-2023

December 2023

  1. “Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/technology/chatbots-hallucination-rates.html
  2. “Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?” https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-11-07-students-are-busy-but-rarely-thinking-researcher-argues-do-his-teaching-strategies-work-better
  3. “Happy (?) First Birthday to ChatGPT” https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/11/30/chatgpt-complicates-education-versus-assessment-opinion
  4. “This Strategy Helped My Students Learn to Disagree Respectfully” https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-11-27-this-strategy-helped-my-students-learn-to-disagree-respectfully
  5. “Facilitating Difficult Conversations in Class: Considerations when Teaching Online” https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2023/11/21/facilitating-difficult-conversations-in-class-considerations-when-teaching-online/
  6. “Academic Self-Regulation Interventions Can Promote Success for All” https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/11/29/seven-interventions-help-college-students-learn-and-study-opinion

November 2023

  1. “Facilitating Difficult Conversations during Class” - https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2023/10/18/facilitating-difficult-conversations-during-class/
  2. “How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-10-03-how-to-encourage-viewpoint-diversity-in-classrooms
  3. “Teaching: How to help students better understand generative AI” - https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2023-10-05
  4. “How to Stem the Retreat From High Academic Expectations and Standards” - https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/27/how-stem-retreat-high-academic-standards

October 2023

  1. “Nothing’s Going to Change My Mind: How Unconditional Positive Regard Transforms Classrooms” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/unconditional-positive-regard/ (for Ed Services folks – this is related to the book we read – Equity Centered-Trauma Informed Education)
  2. “5 Ways to Create an Authentic Classroom Culture” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2023/5-ways-to-create-an-authentic-classroom-culture/
  3. “17 Tweaks That Make a Big Difference in Group Work” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/group-work-17-tweaks/
  4. “Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-10-02-why-educators-should-lean-in-to-ai-to-better-support-students
  5. “Americans Value Good Teaching. Do Colleges?” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/americans-value-good-teaching-do-colleges

September 2023

  1. “An Introduction to Racial and Gender Bias in Algorithms” https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/an-introduction-to-racial-and-gender-bias-in-algorithms/
  2. “5 Steps to Integrate Climate Action Into Your Courses This Fall” https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-steps-to-integrate-climate-action-into-your-courses-this-fall
  3. “No, ChatGPT Can’t be your New Research Assistant” https://www.chronicle.com/article/no-chatgpt-cant-be-your-new-research-assistant
  4. “Adapting to AI in the Classroom for Time-Strapped Instructors” https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2023/08/21/adapting-to-ai-in-the-classroom-for-time-strapped-instructors/
  5. “Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Who Benefit From Social-Emotional Learning” https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-08-29-kids-aren-t-the-only-ones-who-benefit-from-social-emotional-learning

August 2023

  1. “Top 5 Articles on Anti-racism and Teaching and Learning Online” - https://acrl.ala.org/dols/2023/06/top-5-articles-on-anti-racism-and-teaching-and-learning-online/
  2. Thematic issue of Communications in Information Literacy - exploring the intersections between information literacy and open educational practices - https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit/vol17/iss1/
  3. “Instructors Rush to Do ‘Assignment Makeovers’ to Respond to ChatGPT” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-07-27-instructors-rush-to-do-assignment-makeovers-to-respond-to-chatgpt
  4. “How not to teach literacy across disciplines” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2023/how-not-to-teach-literacy-across-disciplines/
  5. “Assessing the use of critical literacies in mis/disinformation literacy instruction” - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133323001015

June 2023

  1. Top 5 Articles on Algorithmic Literacy - https://acrl.ala.org/dols/2023/05/top-5-articles-on-algorithmic-literacy/
  2. Integrating Arab Narratives Across the Curriculum - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/arab-narratives/
  3. AI and Scholarly Publishing — A (Slightly) Hopeful View - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/05/10/guest-post-ai-and-scholarly-publishing-a-slightly-hopeful-view/
  4. A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-05-09-a-decade-into-experiments-with-gamification-edtech-rethinks-how-to-motivate-learner

March 2023

  1. Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-02-16-does-flipped-learning-work-a-new-analysis-dives-into-the-research - “While many of the studies showed gains for learners in some cases, the researchers concluded that flipped learning isn’t living up to its promise.”
    1. And here’s the article in question - Fail, flip, fix, and feed – Rethinking flipped learning: A review of meta-analyses and a subsequent meta-analysis - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.956416/full 
  2. How to Use ChatGPT as an Example Machine - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/chatgpt-example-machine/
  3. Authentic Group Discussions with the Real Talk Strategy - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/realtalk/

December 2022

  1. Student Well-Being - https://higheredstrategy.com/student-well-being/
    1. Although from the Canadian survey, Figure 5 is particularly informative – the students we are teaching now are different than those we taught a few years ago.
    2. U.S. Data is available here - https://www.acha.org/NCHA/ACHA-NCHA_Data/Publications_and_Reports/NCHA/Data/Reports_ACHA-NCHAIII.aspx
  2. 10 Ways to Give a Better Lecture - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/better-lecture/
  3. Social Annotation Tips & Trends - https://acrl.ala.org/IS/wp-content/uploads/Tips-and-Trends-Fall-2022.pdf
  4. Equity-Oriented Pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework - https://www.utc.edu/academic-affairs/walker-center-for-teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources/equity-oriented-pedagogy-and-universal-design-for-learning-udl-framework
  5. A Deeper Dive into Trauma-Informed Teaching (Recording from Spring CTL EC Moore Symposium) - https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lh3ilinc

November 2022

  1. Active Learning Library - https://teaching.tools/activities A website that allows you to explore different active learning strategies.
  2. People Also Ask Keyword Research Tool - https://keywordspeopleuse.com/
  3. “The Project Information Literacy Retrospective: Insights from more than a decade of information literacy research, 2008–2022” - https://projectinfolit.org/publications/retrospective/
  4. Educause “Higher Ed’s Top 10 IT Issues” – with some relevant to teaching - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/28/educause-lays-out-higher-eds-top-10-technology-issues 

October 2022

  1. “Blended Learning: 4 Models that Work” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/blended-learning-4-models/
  2. “Phenomena are your superpower: 7 tips for finding phenomena for the science classroom” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2022/phenomena-are-your-superpower-7-tips-for-finding-phenomena-for-the-science-classroom/
  3. “How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-09-27-how-to-make-classes-more-active-and-why-it-matters
  4. “Stop Telling Students to ‘Narrow Down’ Their Topic” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/09/28/dont-encourage-students-narrow-down-their-research-topic-opinion

September 2022

  1. Two new OA books:
    1. Designing for Care (https://designingforcare.pressbooks.com/) – overview at “An Introduction to Designing for Care and Toward a Critical Instructional Design” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/an-introduction-to-designing-for-care-and-toward-a-critical-instructional-design/
      1. “Imagining better pedagogies is the first step in creating powerful learning environments. Better, for the authors of this collection, means more humanizing pedagogies that embrace the fact that the people in our learning environments are fantastic, curious, unpredictable, capable, and multi-layered.”
    2. Toward a Critical Instructional Design (https://criticalinstructionaldesign.pressbooks.com/) – introduced at “A Foreword to Toward a Critical Instructional Design” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/foreword-toward-critical-instructional-design/
      1. “These chapters challenge current common practices and assumptions in online education, while also challenging our assumptions about who our learners are and what power they should have in learning spaces.”
  2. “Plagiarism Is a Structural Problem” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/plagiarism-structural-problem
  3. “How to Use Edtech to Engage Introverted Learners” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-08-26-how-to-use-edtech-to-engage-introverted-learners
  4. “The power of allyship: 3 ways you can advocate for LGBTQ+ students” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2022/the-power-of-allyship-3-ways-you-can-advocate-for-lgbtq-students/

August 2022

  1. “Words Matter: Language-Affirming Classrooms for Code-Switching Students” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/language-affirming-classrooms/
  2. “Helping students get to the truth with the News Literacy Project” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2022/helping-students-get-to-the-truth-with-the-news-literacy-project/
  3. “With Stressed-Out Students in Challenging Times, Faculty Must Embrace Caring Practices” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-07-08-with-stressed-out-students-in-challenging-times-faculty-must-embrace-caring-practices
  4. “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy Module” - https://operations.du.edu/inclusive-teaching/content/trauma-informed-pedagogy
  5. “Finding the Funk: 3 Ways to Add Culturally Responsive Critical Thinking to Your Lessons” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/funk/

July 2022

  1. “Let’s Talk About Race and Academic Integrity” - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/06/30/academic-integrity-issues-are-not-race-neutral-opinion
  2. “How to Use Backward Chaining to Differentiate Instruction” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/backward-chaining/
  3. “Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/06/30/embrace-digital-course-materials-grew-during-pandemic
  4. “Eliciting Evidence Strategies: Formative Assessment Toolkit” - https://dpdol.nwea.org/public/formative/FA_EEStrategies_Toolkit.pdf
  5. “The Definition Of Heutagogy & Self-Determined Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/education/shifting-from-pedagogy-to-heutagogy-in-education/ - for more in-depth “stuff” see the “Heutagogy Community of Practice” site - https://heutagogycop.wordpress.com/perspectives-on-heutagogy/

June 2022

  1. “Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator” - https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/special-projects-initiatives/center-for-collaborative-teaching-and-learning/anti-racist-educator/
  2. Interview on incorporating UDL “When Education Is Designed for All Learners” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-05-17-when-education-is-designed-for-all-learners
  3. “Professors’ Part in Maintaining Student Mental Health” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/05/17/seven-professor-actions-contribute-student-well-being-infographic
  4. “Design Justice: "Design Values: Hard-Coding Liberation?" A Review” - https://www.hastac.org/blogs/samwalkow/2022/05/16/design-justice-design-values-hard-coding-liberation-review
    1. If the review of that chapter makes you want to read deeper - the Book is OA – Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need - https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4605/Design-JusticeCommunity-Led-Practices-to-Build-the
  5. “Experimenting With Teaching to Improve Outcomes: Part II” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/05/18/what-happens-when-students-themselves-lead-parts-course-opinion
  6. Podcast “What Have We Learned About Digital Learning?” - https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2022/05/17/ep82-what-have-we-learned-about-digital-learning

May 2022

  1. 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report – Teaching & Learning Edition -  https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/4/2022-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition - profiles the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning
  2. “Uncovering Your Implicit Biases: An Exercise for Teachers” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/blindspots/
  3. “8 Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/students-with-adhd/
  4. “Teaching and Learning with Open Educational Resources (OER)” – results of a study to examine whether the use of OER can transform teaching and learning and how open content can enable more equitable, culturally responsive teaching practices - https://www.achievingthedream.org/teaching-and-learning-with-OER-report
  5. Summer Reading? “A Reading List For All Teachers: From Poverty To Assessment” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/reading-list-for-all-teachers/

April 2022

  1. “Cultivating Student Resilience to Resist Institutional Replication” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/cultivating-student-resilience-to-resist-institutional-replication/
  2. “Contrasting Cases: A Simple Strategy for Deep Understanding” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/contrasting-cases/
  3. “Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-03-18-learning-how-to-blend-online-and-offline-teaching
  4. “Promoting Higher-Order Thinking & Metacognition With KWL Charts” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-is-a-kwl-chart/
  5. “The Seven Simple Steps to Accessibility” - https://connectedprof.iu.edu/articles/2021-spring/food-for-thought.html

March 2022

  1. “Teaching a Sea of Students: Large-enrollment courses have a bad reputation. Here’s how colleges can make them better.” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/teaching-a-sea-of-students
  2. “Teaching: How to Help Students Listen for the Key Idea” - https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2022-02-17
  3. A bit intense – save for when you’ve got a bit of time – “Centering Adaptive and Relational Elements of Restorative Practices for Implementation Success” - https://selcenter.wested.org/resource/the-toolkit-before-the-toolkit-centering-adaptive-and-relational-elements-of-restorative-practices-for-implementation-success/#

February 2022

  1. “Recognizing and Citing Indigenous Oral Knowledge: An Interview with Lorisia MacLeod” - https://acrlog.org/2022/01/25/recognizing-and-citing-indigenous-oral-knowledge-an-interview-with-lorisia-macleod/
    1. Original Article – “More Than Personal Communication: Templates for Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers” - https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/135/258
  2. “Indigenous Knowledge Is Often Overlooked in Education. But It Has A Lot to Teach Us” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-01-13-indigenous-knowledge-is-often-overlooked-in-education-but-it-has-a-lot-to-teach-us
  3. “Designing for Fatigue” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/designing-for-fatigue/
  4. “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2022” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edtech2022/
  5. FYI - “A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator” - https://doctorow.medium.com/a-bug-in-early-creative-commons-licenses-has-enabled-a-new-breed-of-superpredator-5f6360713299

January 2022

  1. “Creating a Compassionate Classroom” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/12/01/compassionate-teaching-yields-most-benefits-opinion
  2. 2 on Kindness
    1. “A pedagogy of kindness: the cornerstone for student learning and wellness” - https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/pedagogy-kindness-cornerstone-student-learning-and-wellness
    2. “A Pedagogy of Kindness” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/pedagogy-of-kindness/
  3. “What Will Students Remember From Your Class in 20 Years?” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-will-students-remember-from-your-class-in-20-years/
  4. “Student Ideas for Academic Integrity” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/12/14/students-advice-preventing-cheating-infographic
  5. Open educational resources for online community-building - https://onehe.org/equity-unbound/

December 2021

  1. “Tip: Activate Prior Knowledge” - https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-activate-prior-knowledge?r=4j50q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR39uzKSgmIHsHf-gVghNJRRjosu8J_YmBMhotPPSfJO3LRqg7CQLe0Kp3I
  2. “Teaching Students to Make Good Choices in an Algorithm-Driven World” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-11-01-teaching-students-to-make-good-choices-in-an-algorithm-driven-world
  3. “Equity and Justice in Teaching Quantitative Methods” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/10/29/ensuring-equity-justice-when-teaching-quantitative-methods-opinion
  4. Interesting report to think about Information Literacy/Media Literacy (and what we can and can’t do about misinformation) – “What can we do about society’s ‘information disorder’?” - https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/what-can-we-do-about-societys-information-disorder.php -- which summarizes this longer Aspen Institute report - https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aspen-Institute_Commission-on-Information-Disorder_Final-Report.pdf
  5. New paper examining intersections between health literacy and information literacy - the TL:DR is that there is so much that each field could learn from the other - “The missing link: Towards an integrated health and information literacy research agenda” - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621009242

November 2021

  1. “Tip: Using a Jigsaw Activity: A cooperative learning activity with roots in anti-racist and inclusive pedagogy” - https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-using-a-jigsaw-activity
  2. “Online students engage more in lectures than physical attendees” - https://phys.org/news/2021-09-online-students-engage-physical-attendees.html?fbclid=IwAR0cEuUGqgx2mNGQmg6nT_iibaKeTQe35P0YDYkRncehaOEDBK1VCQNK-VE
  3. “Opinion: Until I’m told otherwise, I prefer to call you ‘they’” - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/until-im-told-otherwise-i-prefer-call-you-they/
  4. “Tell Me Sweet Little Lies: Racism as a Form of Persistent Malinformation” - https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/tell-me-sweet-little-lies.html
  5. “Make Units More Inspiring with Vision Boards” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/vision-boards/
  6. “How to build student agency in your classroom” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2021/how-to-build-student-agency-in-your-classroom/
  7. “How to Improve Your Teaching — Fast” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-improve-your-teaching-fast With an overview of this resource – OneHE (https://onehe.org/equity-unbound/) – which some require $ but there are also free resources

October 2021

  1. “3 tips for understanding when—and how—to use formative assessment” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2021/3-tips-for-understanding-when-and-how-to-use-formative-assessment/
  2. Interesting research from IU – “A Scalable, Versatile Approach for Improving Critical Thinking Skills” - https://reboot-foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/_docs/Improving_Critical_Thinking_Skills.pdf AND here’s a brief overview – “Improving Critical Thinking May Take Practice” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-09-08-improving-critical-thinking-may-take-practice
  3. “Tip: 'Muddiest Point' & Minute Papers” - https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-muddiest-point-and-minute-papers

September 2021

  1. “Why you should bring Podcasts into your Classroom” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/podcasts-in-the-classroom/
  2. “Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps” - https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/resources/anti-racist-pedagogy/
  3. “Systematic Post-Class Reflection” - https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-systematic-post-class-reflection
  4. “Designing Courses for Introverts and Extroverts” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/08/04/how-teach-both-introverts-and-extroverts-effectively-opinion
  5. “The Three-Tier Design Process: Streamlined Guidelines for Designing and Developing a Course in a Learning Management System to Promote Effective Learning” - https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2020.1865253

August 2021

  1. “Pedagogy of Healing: Bearing Witness to Trauma and Resilience” - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/07/08/how-faculty-can-support-college-students%E2%80%99-mental-health-fall-opinion
  2. “Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom” - https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2021/07/28/strategies-for-an-inclusive-classroom/
  3. “The Importance of Maslow’s Fourth Tier” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/maslow-esteem/
  4. “Are You Clear? How to Be a Concise and Compelling Speaker” - https://www.genardmethod.com/blog/are-you-clear-how-to-be-a-concise-and-compelling-speaker
  5. “Drawing from Inclusive Education” - https://sec.eff.org/articles/inclusive-education
  6. Not really education related – “You are not the person you were before the pandemic” - https://www.fastcompany.com/90612974/you-are-not-the-person-you-were-before-the-pandemic

June 2021

  1. “Twelve Habits of Antiracist Teachers” - https://asaobinoue.blogspot.com/2021/05/blogbook-twelve-habits-of-antiracist.html
  2. Resources for teaching primary sources - https://robinmkatz.com/resources/
  3. “10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/01/27/how-professors-can-and-should-combat-linguistic-prejudice-their-classes-opinion
  4. TILT assignment design – for those who aren’t using it – highly recommended – ““Ridiculously Simple and Very Successful”: How Faculty in Virginia Are Making Assignments More Transparent and Equitable” - https://www.aacu.org/aacu-news/campus-model/%E2%80%9Cridiculously-simple-and-very-successful%E2%80%9D-how-faculty-virginia-are-making-assignments
  5. RE: advising – but good for everyone to keep in mind – “Helping Students Understand Our Codes: Designing Inclusive Open Curricula” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/helping-students-understand-our-codes-designing-inclusive-open-curricula
  6. “Drawing from Inclusive Education” - https://sec.eff.org/articles/inclusive-education
  7. “A Hard Look at America: Confronting Our Problems through the Learning Zone” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/hard-look-america-confronting-our-problems-through-learning-zone
  8. Google Jamboard – which I mentioned in the July 2020 “Keep up with” – “How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas” - https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard/

May 2021

  1. The 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching & Learning Edition is out - https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/4/2021-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition
  2. “Global Citizenship – What Are We Talking About and Why Does It Matter?” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/global-citizenship-%E2%80%93-what-are-we-talking-about-and-why-does-it-matter
  3. “A Hard Look at America: Confronting Our Problems through the Learning Zone” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/hard-look-america-confronting-our-problems-through-learning-zone
  4. “It’s Time for Open Educational Resources” - https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/it%E2%80%99s-time-open-educational-resources which includes – “UIS OER Blog” -  “A curated, searchable, daily reading list on Open Educational Resources in higher ed” - https://uisoerblog.blogspot.com/
  5. “A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. But Is It?” – podcast - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-04-27-a-popular-study-found-that-taking-notes-by-hand-is-better-than-by-laptop-but-is-it
  6. And 2 question everything pieces:
    1. “Counter-friction to Stop the Machine: The Endgame for Instructional Design” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/the-endgame-for-instructional-design/
    2. “The Contested One-Shot: Deconstructing Power Structures to Imagine New Futures” - https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24912/32760

April 2021

March 2021

  1. “Compassionate, Equitable, and Inclusive Assessment of Online Learning” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/compassionate-equitable-and-inclusive-assessment-online-learning
  2. “Fostering Integrative Learning and Reflection through ‘Signature Assignments’“ - https://www.aacu.org/blog/fostering-integrative-learning-and-reflection-through-%E2%80%9Csignature-assignments%E2%80%9D
  3. “The Librarian’s Guide to Teaching – About Algorithms” - Podcast - https://twitter.com/librarian_guide/status/1359186792797397000?s=21
  4. “What is the Question Formation Technique” - https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/what-is-the-question-formation-technique/
  5. “The Key to Better Student Engagement Is Letting Them Show You How They Learn” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-02-22-the-key-to-better-student-engagement-is-letting-them-show-you-how-they-learn
  6. “The Elegance of the Gray Area” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/gray-area/

February 2021

  1. “Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-14-do-instructional-videos-work-better-when-the-teacher-is-on-screen-it-depends
  2. “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-ed-tech-tools-to-try-in-2021/
  3. “Teaching: Tackling Disinformation With Media Literacy” - https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2021-01-21
  4. “Just-in-Time Course Design Resources” - https://ctl.iupui.edu/Resources/Just-in-Time-Course-Design/Just-in-Time-Course-Design-Resources-Matrix?catid=fdff98f1-7f6d-4c8d-9bb0-d5d64f67b51c
  5. “Teaching in the Age of Disinformation” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/teaching-in-the-age-of-disinformation
  6. “Recognizing and Supporting Diverse International Students” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/recognizing-and-supporting-diverse-international-students
  7. “ACRL Learning Analytics Toolkit” - https://acrl.libguides.com/c.php?g=1007204&p=7296751

January 2021

  1. An intro to UDL (Universal Design for Learning) - “Accommodating All Learners and Creating Accessible Online Classrooms” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/accommodating-all-learners-and-creating-accessible-online-classrooms; and here are all the UDL guidelines - https://udlguidelines.cast.org/ - super helpful for any instructional design
  2. “How Do We Get to Herd Immunity for Fake News?” - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-education.html
  3. “Keeping Your Morale Up when Teaching Black Squares on Zoom” - http://theunstandardizedstandard.com/2020/12/23/ep-6-keeping-your-morale-up-when-teaching-black-squares-on-zoom/?fbclid=IwAR3DfVUzXNO64dBA_MTUE6gKb12Gq8SfkdkhjekRvCCmID8Rofikkt5cSow
  4. “The Case for ‘Edtech Minimalism’ in an Age of Distance Learning” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-16-the-case-for-edtech-minimalism-in-an-age-of-distance-learning
  5. “Forgetting Is a Feature, Not a Bug: How the Brain ‘Grasps’ New Concepts” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-22-forgetting-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-how-the-brain-grasps-new-concepts
  6. “The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: On Technology, Games-Based Learning, and Erasure” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/games-based-learning/
  7. Not really education related – “2021 Banished Words List” - https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/

December 2020

  1. Written for the K-12 folks – but good stuff for everyone - “Ten Ways to Make Online Learning Work: A Guide to Improving Education in the Time of COVID-19” - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f85f5a156091e113f96e4d3/t/5fb7cef4b5539459ae4dcb56/1605881625690/OnlineLearningPaper_FINAL_11.20.pdf
  2. “The Competencies Students Need for Workforce Success” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/competencies-students-need-workforce-success
  3. “The U.S. Election Underscores the Need for Teaching News Literacy in Our Schools” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-07-the-u-s-election-underscores-the-need-for-teaching-news-literacy-in-our-schools
  4. “How to Use Everyday [Student Assessment] Data in New Ways” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2020/how-to-use-everyday-data-in-new-ways/
  5. “How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Conspiracy Theories” - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories-family.html

November 2020

  1. IUPUI CTL has put together a page “Resources for Teaching Before and After the Election” - https://ctl.iupui.edu/Resources/Resources-for-Teaching-Before-and-After-the-Election.
  2. “How to be an anti-racist teacher: Reduce bias in your curriculum” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2020/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-teacher-reduce-bias-in-your-curriculum-to-improve-access/
  3. “8 Ways to Improve Group Work Online” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/10/28/advice-how-successfully-guide-students-group-work-online-opinion
  4. “Meeting the Instructional Challenge of Distance Education” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/09/30/pedagogical-practices-might-enhance-student-involvement-online-learning-opinion
  5. “The zone of proximal development (ZPD): The power of just right” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2020/the-zone-of-proximal-development-zpd-the-power-of-just-right/

October 2020

  1. Important for us to think about with the deployment of LockDown Browser on UL computers - “Our Bodies Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education” - https://hybridpedagogy.org/our-bodies-encoded-algorithmic-test-proctoring-in-higher-education/
  2. “4 Laws of Learning (and How to Follow Them)” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/4-laws-of-learning/
  3. “What Inclusive Teaching Means For Colleges In An Era of Social Justice Activism” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-24-what-inclusive-teaching-means-for-colleges-in-an-era-of-social-justice-activism
  4. “How Do You Make Zoom Breakout Rooms Less Boring?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-24-how-do-you-make-zoom-breakout-rooms-less-boring
  5. “Audrey Watters’ Ed-Tech Disasters of the Decade” - https://academeblog.org/2020/01/13/audrey-watters-ed-tech-disasters-of-the-decade/
  6. “Maintaining Validity in Online Assessments” - https://www.aacu.org/blog/maintaining-validity-online-assessments
  7. Helpful for a lot of stuff – “Debate Night Prep: How To Deal With Misinformation, Disinformation, And Conspiracy Theories During The First Presidential Debate, And Contribute To A Better Information Environment“ - https://standuprepublic.com/debate-night-prep-how-to-deal-with-misinformation-disinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-during-the-first-presidential-debate-and-contribute-to-a-better-information-environment/

September 2020

  1. Because we should all be concerned about QAnon and conspiracy theories – and how (can?) we combat it with Information Literacy – A series of articles from the Atlantic – Shadowland - https://www.theatlantic.com/shadowland/.
  2. “The Ultimate Guide to Online Resources for Educators: 20 free apps for online teaching” - https://medium.com/the-faculty/free-online-tools-for-remote-teaching-ba6aa4447c24
  3. NILOA “Assessment during a crisis: Responding to a global pandemic.” - https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-COVID-Survey.pdf
  4. “19 formative assessment strategies for online teaching” Nicely framed so you can see what you normally do and then how it might translate online - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2020/19-formative-assessment-strategies-for-online-teaching/
  5. “Thoughts on Creating an Inclusive Environment in Online Classes” - https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/thoughts-creating-inclusive-environment-online-classes
  6. Geared towards K-12 but still relevant “Watch Out For These 3 Mistakes You’re Making During Distance Teaching” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-27-watch-out-for-these-3-mistakes-you-re-making-during-distance-teaching
  7. Since we’ll be here for a while – “20 Of The Best Zoom Tools For Teachers” – good for teaching but also meetings - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/best-zoom-tools-for-teachers/

August 2020

  1. “How to be a Better Online Teacher” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-be-a-better-online-teacher/ - This is by Flower Darby – who also has a new(ish) book out – Small Teaching Online - https://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/17601675 (which is quite good)
  2. “Yes, Your Zoom Teaching Can Be First-Rate” - https://insidehighered.com/advice/2020/07/08/faculty-member-and-former-ad-executive-offers-six-steps-improving-teaching-zoom
  3. “25 Remote Teaching Tips To Engage Students In Distance Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/remote-teaching-tips-for-student-engagement/
  4. “Teaching Isn’t About Managing Behavior: It’s about reaching students where they really are” - https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/07/reality-pedagogy-teaching-form-protest/614554/
  5. “Writing to Belong” - https://insidehighered.com/news/2020/07/20/writing-belong-may-encourage-retention
  6. “Coronavirus puts Information Literacy in Curriculum Spotlight” - https://www.educationdive.com/news/coronavirus-puts-information-literacy-in-curriculum-spotlight/581195/ AND relatedly – the kids are alright - “New Student-Led Nonprofit Aims to Counter COVID Misinformation” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-07-31-new-student-led-nonprofit-aims-to-counter-covid-misinformation
  7. And for your mental health – here’s a website that lets you look out of someone else’s window - https://window-swap.com/

July 2020

  1. “What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently: They view the success of black students as central to the success of their own teaching” - https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/06/how-be-anti-racist-teacher/613138/
  2. “Pedagogies of Care” - OER from leading colleges and educators which focus on the notion of care, to share expert insights for faculty teaching remotely - https://sabresmonkey.wixsite.com/pedagogiesofcare
  3. “Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education” – with additional resources at the bottom! - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/white-students-multicultural-ed/
  4. If you’ve not used it, Google Jamboard is a great tool for online, synchronous, teaching. Here’s a video on how to use it: https://youtu.be/S9m4HCjOkcA
  5. Another practical how-to-do-it article – “Quizzing remotely” - https://edu.rsc.org/how-i-teach/how-to-run-a-quiz-for-distance-learning/4011774.article
  6. Not specifically education related – but relevant – A Remote DEI Toolkit - https://www.remotedei.org/
  7. A refresher – “Backward Design: The Basics” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/backward-design-basics/

June 2020

  1. “Building Racial Coalitions: Limitations and New Directions to Teaching ‘White Privilege’” - https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/rpj/vol4/iss3/3
  2. “Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship: A Reading List” - https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/disrupting-whiteness-in-libraries/
  3. “Disinformation Starts At Home” -  https://standuprepublic.com/disinformation-starts-at-home/
  4. “How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-30-how-colleges-can-improve-accessibility-in-remote-courses
  5. “Can Active Learning Co-Exist With Physically Distanced Classrooms?” - https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/05/27/will-active-learning-be-possible-if-colleges-have-physically
  6. “How Can Educators Tap Into Research to Increase Engagement During Remote Learning?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-06-how-can-educators-tap-into-research-to-increase-engagement-during-remote-learning
  7. “IP Problems. Copyright ownership concerns abound in the rapid shift to remote instruction.” - https://insidehighered.com/news/2020/05/19/who-owns-all-course-content-youre-putting-online

May 2020

  1. NILOA has resources for assessment in the time of COVID. See their home page https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/  for links to webinars which highlight information from a shared Google Doc  “Making the Move to Online Courses: Resources to Inform Teaching and Learning“ - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KsILIECJb_82NnNibk6dwcGS-wXVCL73xhzsHWl5gmo/edit
  2. Verification Handbook for Disinformation and Media Manipulation - https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/verification-3
  3. “20 questions to ask instead of ‘How are you doing right now?’” – good for work or class - https://qz.com/work/1836105/20-great-questions-to-ask-instead-of-how-are-you-doing-right-now/
  4. “15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/15-reflection-strategies-help-students-retain-just-taught/
  5. “Kick the IDK Bucket: How to Rid Your Classroom of ‘I Don’t Know’” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/idk/
  6. “Using the PEAR Approach to Develop Stronger Discussion Questions” - https://ctl.byu.edu/tip/using-pear-approach-develop-stronger-discussion-questions
  7. “Teaching at a Distance: Methods that Work” - http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/?p=518

April 2020

  1. “Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/distance-learning/
  2. ACRL Presents: "Information Instruction at a (Social) Distance: Moving Library Instruction Online" (Webinar) - https://youtu.be/T9yRr4bl1OY
  3. ACRL Presents: “Pandemic Pedagogy: Resources for Library Instruction at a Distance” (Webinar) - https://youtu.be/gu8kyE2Q_Qc
  4. Teacher E-Learning Resources – https://www.setda.org/main-coalitions/elearning/teachers/
  5. Springshare “Engaging Online Learners with Quizzes & Tutorials” (Webinar) - https://training.springshare.com/libwizard/quizzes-tutorials
  6. “Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life” - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts/
  7. “Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center” - https://www.newsguardtech.com/coronavirus-misinformation-tracking-center/

March 2020

  1. “5 Principles as Pathways to Inclusive Teaching” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/02/19/practical-steps-toward-more-inclusive-teaching-opinion
  2. “What Does Inclusive Teaching Look Like?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-03-03-what-does-inclusive-teaching-look-like
  3. “How to Help Minority Students Feel That They Belong” -  https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Help-Minority-Students/248092
  4. “Are Your Diversity Strategies Missing the Mark? Nine Ways to Get it Right” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/diversity-strategies/
  5. “The Really Good and Really Bad News on Lifelong Learning” - https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2020/02/17/the-really-good-and-really-bad-news-on-lifelong-learning
  6. The “2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition” identifies trends - https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/3/2020-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition - including OER, Elevation of Instructional Design, & XR Technologies

February 2020

  1. “Black History Month Resource Guide for Educators and Families” - https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/black-history-month-resource-guide-for-educators-and-families/
  2. “How to Keep Class Sessions from Running Short (Or Going Too Long)” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-20-how-to-keep-class-sessions-from-running-short-or-going-too-long
  3. Project Information Literacy – Algorithm Study “This report presents findings about how college students conceptualize the ever-changing online information landscape, and navigate volatile and popular platforms that increasingly employ algorithms to shape and filter content.” - https://www.projectinfolit.org/algo_study.html
  4. “Information Privilege and First-Year Students: A Case Study from a First-Year Seminar Course Using Access to Information as a Lens for Exploring Privilege” - http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/information-privilege/
  5. “The 8 Best Fact-Checking Sites for Finding Unbiased Truth” - https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/true-5-factchecking-websites/
  6. “That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It” - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/

January 2020

  1. “Why I don’t call them ‘Soft Skills’” - https://www.courant.com/opinion/insight/hc-op-insight-cautin-soft-skills-1201-20191201-pmt4vrmng5c3vc672aggtutmaa-story.html
  2. “Education When Information Is Free” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/education-when-information-free
  3. “Fighting Fake News in the Classroom” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-12-27-fighting-fake-news-in-the-classroom
  4. An IL issue - “Hundreds of ‘pink slime’ local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points” -   https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/hundreds-of-pink-slime-local-news-outlets-are-distributing-algorithmic-stories-conservative-talking-points.php
  5. “What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-12-30-what-problems-has-edtech-solved-and-what-new-ones-did-it-create
  6. “A Not-So-Tidy Narrative: Students aren’t going to college just to get a job -- and that matters” - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/01/06/pervasive-narrative-students-are-going-college-just-get-job-isnt-always-so-true
  7. “Teaching Research in the First-Year Writing Classroom in the U.S.” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/teaching-research-first-year-writing-classroom-us

December 2019

  1. “Know Your Terms: Holistic, Analytic, and Single-Point Rubrics” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/holistic-analytic-single-point-rubrics/.
  2. “Neuromyths and Evidence-Based Practices in Higher Education” - https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/international-report-neuromyths-and-evidence-based-practices-in-higher-education/.  
  3. “Tone In Teaching: 20 Words That Can Change How Students Think” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/words-can-change-how-students-think-feel/.
  4. Probably couldn’t do this exactly – but interesting idea and thinking of how it could be adapted/modified for a one-shot where you can tell the class is burnt out – “Creating New Connections and Conversations in the Classroom” - http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/11/26/instructors-should-schedule-regular-class-times-focus-student-wellness-opinion.
  5. “On Not Being Able to Tell Fakes From Good Reporting…” - http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/not-being-able-tell-fakes-good-reporting%E2%80%A6.
  6. The Librarian’s Guide to Teaching Podcast - https://librariansguidetoteaching.weebly.com/.
  7. And, because it’s almost the end of the semester - “The Time I Made a Fart Sound During a Test” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/fart-sound/.

November 2019

  1. “News Knowledge as Inoculation” – interesting study from CJR maybe influences how we teach evaluation - https://www.cjr.org/analysis/news-knowledge-as-inoculation.php
  2. “Building a Narrative via Evidence-Based Storytelling” - https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EBST-Toolkit.pdf
  3. “AI Has Learned to Create Fake News Stories” - http://library.indianapolis.iu.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/2304783726?accountid=7398 (by Asa Fitch Wall Street Journal paywall)
  4. “Why Struggle Is Essential for the Brain — and Our Lives” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-28-why-struggle-is-essential-for-the-brain-and-our-lives
  5. Metacognition! “75 Questions Students Can Ask Themselves Before, During, And After Teaching” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/questions-students-ask-before-during-after-teaching/
  6. I’m totally implementing #4 “4 Tips for Managing Class Time Well” - https://www.hastac.org/blogs/ckatopodis/2019/11/01/4-tips-managing-class-time-well

September 2019

  1. A fascinating/terrifying example of remix practices – mainstream sources being altered by alt-media but still packaged as mainstream – evaluating gets very challenging under these conditions - https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1165673947024613376.
  2. “Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned” - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-conspiracies.html
  3. “The New Arms Race: Deep Fakes and Their Impact on Information”- https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=18390
  4. “Jackie Kennedy’s fairy-tale wedding was a nightmare for her African American dress designer”  (https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/08/28/jackie-kennedys-fairy-tale-wedding-was-nightmare-her-african-american-dress-designer/) but this story is more complicated + Readers Guide to Periodical Literature “The Power of Misinformation” (http://hiddenfashionhistory.com/ann-lowe/the-power-of-misinformation/).  
  5. “When You Get Nothing But Crickets” – More effective ways to increase student participation - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/crickets/
  6. “Collaborating on Flipped Library Sessions: 8 Best Practices for Faculty & Librarians” - https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/flipped-library-sessions/
  7. Another way to evaluate, beyond CRAAP – “SIFT (The Four Moves) - https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/
  8. A short guide to “Inclusive Language” - https://content-guide.18f.gov/inclusive-language/

August 2019

  1. “Survey: Nearly Half of Students Distracted by Technology” - https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/07/10/survey-shows-nearly-half-students-distracted-technology
  2. “Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive - https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190719_inclusive_teaching?cid=trend_right_a (h/t Kristi)
  3. “The Latest Study on Trigger Warnings Finally Convinced Me They’re Not Worth It” - https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/trigger-warnings-research-shows-they-dont-work-might-hurt.html
  4. “The Surprising Benefits of Student-Created Graphic Novels” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-graphic-novels/
  5. This is pretty neat - “Bad News” – a simple game to help students understand ‘fake news -  https://getbadnews.com/#intro

July 2019

  1. “How to Hold a Better Class Discussion” - https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190523-ClassDiscussion?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_2b
  2. ACRL’s “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion” LibGuide - http://acrl.libguides.com/EDI/home
  3. AAC&U “Increasing Inclusivity through Pedagogical Partnerships between Students and Faculty” - https://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2019/winter/cook-sather
  4. “5 Things you Should Read about Universal Design for Learning” - https://acrl.ala.org/IS/wp-content/uploads/5-Things-You-Should-Read-About-Universal-Design-for-Learning.pdf
  5. “The Top Five Competencies for Faculty Innovation, Plus Five More” - https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2019/6/the-top-five-competencies-for-faculty-innovation-plus-five-more
  6. “’Walking the Walk’ of Inclusion: Assessment Resources that Support Equity in Learning, Teaching and Mentoring” - https://acrl.libguides.com/c.php?g=899144&p=6468942&t=38713

June 2019

  1. “A Simple Trick for Success with One-Pagers” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/one-pagers/
  2. “How Twitter Can Help Students Write Better Thesis Statements” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-twitter-can-help-students-write-better-thesis-statements/
  3. “Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher Order?” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/higher-order/
  4. “9 Things Every Teacher Should Know About Using Listicles in Class” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-05-17-9-things-every-teacher-should-know-about-using-listicles-in-class
  5. I don’t know that this is surprising news, but something to keep in mind – “Speaking Out in the Classroom” - http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/03/new-survey-shows-fewer-female-students-male-are-ease-sharing-uncomfortable-views

May 2019

  1. “Anger in the Classroom” – “In teaching, we can embrace the ways that rage is a legitimate response to felt injustices and draw on it as a sort of compass and wellspring of creativity” - http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/04/30/embracing-and-transforming-rage-classroom-opinion
  2. “10 Metacognitive Prompts To Help Students Reflect On Their Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/metacognitive-prompts-to-help-students-reflect-on-their-learning/ (Be on the lookout in summer for an invite for a workshop on metacognition in one-shots I’m working with the CTL on.)
  3. Wonder how true this is for IUPUI. “Video Assignments Are the New Term Paper. How Does That Change Teaching and Learning?” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-04-18-video-assignments-are-the-new-term-paper-how-does-that-change-teaching-and-learning
  4. Neat Active learning bank https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fupenn.app.box.com%2Fv%2FALClassActivities (note the Ed Services guide also has a list of Formative Assessments - http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/formative) h/t Bronwen
  5. “9 Questions To Reflect Critically On Your Own Teaching” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/teacher-selfie-seen-teach-lately/
  6. Wanna try some different tech in the classroom? “Using Slack in the Classroom” - https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2019/04/12/using-slack-in-the-classroom/
  7. This is from last year – and tangentially related to education and our role as teaching librarians, but interesting to think about - “New Report: In 46 States, High School Graduation Requirements Aren’t Enough to Qualify for Nearby Public Universities” - http://www.the74million.org/new-report-in-46-states-high-school-graduation-requirements-arent-enough-to-qualify-for-nearby-public-universities/

April 2019

  1. “How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging” - https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-teaching
  2. “Laziness Does Not Exist: But Unseen Barriers Do” - https://medium.com/@devonprice/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01
  3. “Rubric Repair: 5 Changes that Get Results” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/rubric-repair/
  4. “Rethinking Assessment: Some Questions to Ask Yourself” - http://cunyhumanitiesalliance.org/blog/2019/02/01/rethinking-assessment-some-questions-to-ask-yourself/
  5. Thinking about desire paths (https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/05/desire-paths-the-illicit-trails-that-defy-the-urban-planners) and if what we teach accommodates them (https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/the-map-is-not-the-territory-embracing-desire-paths-in-the-curriculum/).
  6. Love anything in a handy chart – we probably all know them, but here they are all together “24 Cognitive Biases That Are Warping Your Perception of Reality” - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/24-cognitive-biases-warping-reality/

March 2019

  1. Instead of “Do you have any questions” try “What question do you have.” “Let’s Give Our Teaching Language a Makeover” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/language-makeover/
  2. Love this thinking esp. of upper-level classes. “Writing Learning Outcomes with Your Students” - https://www.hastac.org/blogs/ckatopodis/2019/02/19/writing-learning-outcomes-your-students.
  3. “10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/reflective-teacher-reflective-teaching/
  4. “Why Misinformation is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think” - http://nautil.us/issue/69/patterns/why-misinformation-is-about-who-you-trust-not-what-you-think?fbclid=IwAR1ccP2KXJesZanY6EJ8N-lRfUmDxKX3mKU6OrKZho1s2Sk6X7SVFtFYbks
  5. “Developing the Practice of Curiosity” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/developing-practice-curiosity?fbclid=IwAR2T5CahCRTFjxRaC_6yERT6FoSzZr96zbKH24HJ19rHN7oXi0WsXTr3VGA
  6. Not directly related to IL but - “The GoodWork Toolkit” - http://thegoodproject.org/pdf/GoodWork-Toolkit-guide.pdf which contains interesting scenarios and lesson plans appropriate for high school through graduate classes in areas like ethics. Part of the Good Project http://thegoodproject.org/toolkits-curricula/the-goodwork-toolkit/.
  7. “27 Ways To Enhance Retention In Your Students” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/27-ways-to-enhance-retention-in-your-students/.
  8. “Why Professors Need to Work to Inspire Their Students” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-02-22-why-professors-need-to-work-to-inspire-their-students

February 2019

  1. Interesting thread on YouTube algorithms and using them as an IL activity. https://twitter.com/PeterD_Adams/status/1089583479761788928
  1. Just in case you’re still not doing formative assessment, or simply want a refresher on some easy methods – “27 Easy Formative Assessment Strategies for Gathering Evidence of Student Learning” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2019/27-easy-formative-assessment-strategies-for-gathering-evidence-of-student-learning/.
  1. “How to Avoid Overpreparing for Your Classes” - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/01/15/how-save-yourself-overpreparing-your-classes-opinion
  1. The Futures Initiative – offers “events, webinars, and Twitter chats designed to tie student-centered, engaged pedagogical practices to institutional change and social justice” http://futuresinitiative.org/blog/2015/08/03/the-university-worth-fighting-for/  While you won’t be able to attend in person unless you’ll be near CUNY, past events have videos, google docs, and recaps available.
  1. “Want Students to Remember What They Learn? Have Them Teach It.” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-24-want-students-to-remember-what-they-learn-have-them-teach-it.

January 2019

  1. “Teaching the Students we Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/Teaching-the-Students-We-Have/245290?
  2. “How to Move from Digital Substitution to ‘Deeper Learning’” - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-01-how-to-move-from-digital-substitution-to-deeper-learning
  3. “20 Ways to Provide Effective Feedback for Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-ways-to-provide-effective-feedback-for-learning/
  4. “In Your Lecture, Research Together” - https://www.hastac.org/blogs/ckatopodis/2018/12/13/your-lecture-research-together
  5. “Getting Students Talking with Ongoing Conversations” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ongoing-conversations/
  6. I wonder how this could be turned into an IL lesson/conversation – “How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually” - http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

December 2018

  1. Perspective when using Bloom’s – “I’m not a fan of Bloom’s”- https://www.lindasuskie.com/apps/blog/show/46045770-i-m-not-a-fan-of-bloom-s
  2. “5 Tips for Using Multiple-Choice Tests to Bolster Learning” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Tips-for-Using/244718
  3. Good for a refresher – “To Learn, Students Need to DO Something” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/do-something/
  4. Survey snapshot on this page – enter your email to download the full white paper – “Learn about the content faculty recommend to students… and why” - https://go.proquest.com/Varied-Content-Demo-Blog/   
  5. “The Difference Between Assessment Of Learning And Assessment For Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/the-difference-between-assessment-of-learning-and-assessment-for-learning/
  6. “Transcending Convention and Space: Strategies for Fostering Active Learning in Large Post-Secondary Classes” - https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1075617.pdf
  7. “Promoting Active Learning” - https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning-resources/promoting-active-learning
  8. “60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves”  - https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/how-students-learn/
  9. Don’t forget to reflect! “Ending The Semester with Reflection” - http://sites.nd.edu/kaneb/2015/12/14/ending-the-semester-with-reflection/

November 2018

  1. References a course – but interesting for us to think about how we as teaching librarians can help first-gen students. “We Must Help First-Generation Students Master Academe’s ‘Hidden Curriculum’” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/We-Must-Help-First-Generation/244830/.
  2. Good tips for any grade level. “5 Ways To Make Classrooms More Inclusive” - https://www.npr.org/2018/10/26/659571443/5-ways-to-make-classrooms-more-inclusive.
  3. Tips and Trends “Digital Humanities and Undergraduate Library Instruction” - https://acrl.ala.org/IS/wp-content/uploads/Tips-and-Trends-Su18.pdf.
  4. Maybe some fodder for instruction sessions! From Politico – “Is This True? A Fake News Database” - https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/is-this-true/about/.
  5. Hey, those end-of-class one-minute papers have a lot of uses! “Disrupting Illusions of Fluency.” - https://www.facultyfocus.com/uncategorized/disrupting-illusions-of-fluency/.
  6. Hate to link to Elsevier – but there are some neat resources listed here. “Information Literacy Resources for Librarians and Their Library Users – a 2018 update” - https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/information-literacy-resources-librarians-and-their-library-users-2018-update.
  7. An interesting report on something that can be challenging to do but perhaps we should be doing more of. “Assessing Soft Skills: Are We Preparing Students for Successful Futures? - https://www.nwea.org/content/uploads/2018/08/NWEA_Gallup-Report_August-2018.pdf.
  8. This might be unrelated to education – but it is cool. “Paper Airplane Designs” - https://www.foldnfly.com/index.html#/1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2.

October 2018

  1. “Information Literacy Resources for Librarians and Their Library Users – a 2018 update” - https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/information-literacy-resources-librarians-and-their-library-users-2018-update.
  2. “3 Ways Formative Assessment Supports Students (and Teachers) in the Classroom” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2018/3-ways-formative-assessment-supports-students-and-teachers-in-the-classroom/
  3. “Three Principles for Culturally Relevant Teaching” - http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/urban_education_reform/2018/09/three_principles_for_culturally_relevant_teaching.html
  4. “6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/6-types-assessment-learning/
  5. “Quick Tips: Provide Your Students with a Roadmap for Class” - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2018/09/12/quick-tips-provide-your-students-with-a-roadmap-for-class/
  6. We don’t normally use formal student evaluations – but if you worry about innovating your teaching and whether or not students will be OK with it – don’t worry – “Will Trying New Teaching Techniques Tank My Evaluations?” - https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/09/12/study-trying-new-forms-instruction-wont-lower-student
  7. “Will Students Actually Believe They Can Do This Assignment?” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/Will-Students-Actually-Believe/244440/

September 2018

  1. Good for us as we’re often giving verbal feedback, so knowing how to do it better and more effectively can’t hurt – “Reduce marking with verbal feedback” –https://paulgmoss.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/reduce-marking-with-verbal-feedback/
  2. “50 Ways To Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom” – surely there can’t be that many – https://www.teachthought.com/learning/ways-to-use-blooms-taxonomy-in-the-classroom/
  3. Related more to semester-length classes – but still useful for us to keep in mind – “Setting the Stage to Assess Student Engagement” – https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/08/21/how-use-first-days-class-establish-ways-assess-students-performance-course-opinion
  4. Good reminders for everyone – “Things I learned when I designed and taught my first undergraduate course” –   http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2018/08/08/things-i-learned-when-i-designed-and-taught-my-first-undergraduate-course/
  5. We’ve all had an assignment or activity that didn’t go quite as planned – “Troubleshooting an assignment that almost worked” –    https://www.hastac.org/blogs/lawrenceevalyn/2018/08/21/troubleshooting-assignment-almost-worked
  6. Students like it when teachers tell jokes so save those Laffy Taffy wrappers – “Why Can’t You Trust an Atom?” - https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/08/16/why-cant-you-trust-atom
  7. Good looking reads here – “Recommended Reading for the Start of the Semester” – https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/recommended-reading-start-semester
  8. Not really related to how to improve our teaching, but interesting “Those Who Can Do, Can’t Teach” –  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/college-professors-experts-advice.html

August 2018

  1. “How to Prepare for Class without Overpreparing” – https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Prepare-for-Class/244015?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_9
  2. In case you weren’t aware – Google Forms allows for quizzes + points – so use that IU Google account! “6 New Google Form Features to Make It a Better Tool for Teachers” https://www.teachthought.com/technology/6-new-google-form-features-to-make-it-a-better-tool-for-teachers/
  3. And, if you’re using this tech, or any other – “Quality Check Your Tech: 6 Strategies” – https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/quality-check-your-tech/
  4. “3 Approaches for Confronting Microaggressions” – https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/07/20/how-deal-microaggressions-class-opinion
  5. “Too Much Sitting? 5 Movement Strategies that Get Students Thinking” – Some are geared towards high school (or lower) but good easy ideas –https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/much-sitting-five-movement-strategies-get-students-thinking/
  6. Get uncomfortable to make your classroom stronger – “The Uncomfortable Truth” – https://theexchange.kleinisd.net/the-uncomfortable-truth-bafd2c30aee0
  7. We’ve covered this before – but another way of explaining it sometimes helps it stick better – “Using Backward Design for Course Planning” - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2018/07/30/using-backward-design-for-course-planning/
  8. “The Importance of Maintaining Empathy for Our Learners” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2018/the-importance-of-maintaining-empathy-for-our-learners/

July 2018

  1. “How can we amplify student learning? The answer from cognitive psychology” – “To assist time-strapped instructional faculty and staff, we offer a consolidated summary of key cognitive science principles, in the form of an easy-to-remember acronym: ANSWER.” https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/how-can-we-amplify-student-learning-the-answer-from-cognitive-psychology/
  2. Pedagogy Unbound - http://www.pedagogyunbound.com/ - lots of strategies from college teachers from all disciplines sharing practical strategies that have worked for them in their classrooms. You can submit your own if you’d like. J
  3. More self-reflection ideas (building off our Org Week session) – “Noticing the good stuff: A suggested practice” https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/noticing-good-stuff/
  4. “100 things students can create to demonstrate what they know” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/60-things-students-can-create-to-demonstrate-what-they-know/
  5. All hail the rubric! “Rubrics: Lessons from the Field” - http://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/NILOApieces.html - “There is no greater tool in higher education for understanding and improving student learning than the rubric. That may seem like hyperbole, but in our years of work as educators, assessment professionals and administrators, we have found time and again that the rubric is the most versatile, powerful instrument in our toolkits.”

June 2018

  1. Tips for better group/collaborative learning - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-collaborative-learning-tips-and-strategies/
  2. Dealing with macroaggressions in the classroom - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2018/05/10/dealing-with-microaggressions-in-your-classroom/ - with a link to a hand-out from IUPUI with some succinct response ideas - https://ctl.iupui.edu/media/111a5709-28d3-4c85-8514-f525ede6d6d0/gRU9xw/CTLContent/Programs/TA%20Development/8.4.5Microaggressions%20in%20the%20Classroom.pdf.
  3. How micro moments in the classroom reveal implicit bias - http://hechingerreport.org/20-judgments-a-teacher-makes-in-1-minute-and-28-seconds/
  4. About semester-length classes but still some relevant stuff for us one-shot folks – “Traditional Teaching May Deepen Inequality. Can a Different Approach Fix It?” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/Traditional-Teaching-May/243339/ 
  5. “Five Ways to Promote a More Inclusive Classroom” - https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/five-ways-to-promote-a-more-inclusive-classroom/
  6. New verbs for SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes)! – Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs for Digital Learning - https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/126-blooms-taxonomy-verbs-digital-learning/
  7. “Your Students Learn by Doing, Not Listening” - https://www.chronicle.com/article/Your-Students-Learn-by-Doing/243277/ 
  8. And, building off #7 – Although most of our teaching is active – something for us to be aware of – especially as some students may be more comfortable with active learning than others due to disciplinary differences – “Lecture Instruction: Alive and Not So Well” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/02/study-finds-lecture-remains-dominant-form-teaching-stem
  9. “Formative Instructional Practices – Using the Results and Data are What Matters” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2018/formative-instructional-practice-using-the-results-and-data-are-what-matters/

May 2018

  1. “Interactive strategies for engaging large and small classes alike” - https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/interactive-strategies-for-engaging-large-and-small-classes-alike/
  2. IL is a valuable competency – “Forget coding. It’s the soft skills, stupid. And that’s what schools should be teaching." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/04/20/the-top-job-skills-schools-arent-teaching-well-and-its-not-coding-or-math/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.48cc444d6e49
  3. Relevant to the frame “Authority is Constructed and Contextual” – “The Soul-Crushing Student Essay” - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/opinion/the-soul-crushing-student-essay.html
  4. “Informed learning in higher education” - https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/informed-learning-higher-education
  5. “Instructor and peer influence on college student use and perceptions of Wikipedia” - https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/EL-02-2017-0034
  6. “20 simple assessment strategies you can use every day” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/20-simple-assessment-strategies-can-use-every-day/
  7. “4 ways Microsoft is making learning more accessible” – with suggestions for how to use in the classroom - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/inclusive/
  8. "26 sentence stems for higher-level conversations in the classroom” - https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/sentence-stems-higher-level-conversation-classroom/

April 2018

  1. Good questions for 1 minute papers or other end-of-class assessment - “8 Reflective Questions to Help Any Student Think About Their Learning” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/use-twitter-exit-slip-teaching/
  2. “Mapping Learning: A Toolkit of Resources” http://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/Mapping%20Learning.pdf
  3. “Classroom Woes: What to Do When Class Does Not Go as Planned” http://acrlog.org/2018/02/18/classroom-woes-what-to-do-when-class-does-not-go-as-planned/
  4. Something for an upper-level class? How to evaluate a scientific paper – “A Critical Analysis of the Latest Cellphone Safety Scare” - https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/a-critical-analysis-of-the-latest-cellphone-safety-scare/
  5. “10 Characteristics of a Highly Effective Learning Environment” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/10-characteristics-of-a-highly-effective-learning-environment/
  6. “How Blogging Is (or Should Be) Essential to Active Learning and Radical Pedagogy” - https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2018/03/27/how-blogging-or-should-be-essential-active-learning-and-radical
  7. “The Case for Inclusive Teaching” https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Case-for-Inclusive/242636
  8. “Why do people go to Wikipedia? A survey suggests it’s their desire to go down that random rabbithole” - http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/why-do-people-go-to-wikipedia-a-survey-suggests-its-their-desire-to-go-down-that-random-rabbithole/
  9. “Amazon Peer Review: Coming to a Pre-Print Near You” - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/04/01/amazon-peer-review-coming-preprint-near/

March 2018

  1. For us as well as when talking to disciplinary faculty – “Anatomy of an Assignment Sheet” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/anatomy-assignment-sheet
  2. We all know this – but here’s one more for the pile – “Overconfident Students, Dubious Employers” - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/23/study-students-believe-they-are-prepared-workplace-employers-disagree
  3. “42 Fill-in-the-blank Prompts for Students to Design Their Own Projects” - https://www.teachthought.com/project-based-learning/42-prompts-students-design-their-own-projects/
  4. Get to know your learning theories “How the Activity Learning Theory Works” - https://www.teachthought.com/learning-models/how-the-activity-learning-theory-works/ - check the bottom of the post for links to previous learning theory posts
  5. Imposter Syndrome - https://xkcd.com/1954/ - be sure to hover over the image for the caption
  6. Have this tool create your next paper or presentation title – Content Generator - https://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker

February 2018

  1. Good tips here – “7 Simple Ways You Can Help Students Pay Attention in A Traditional Classroom” –  https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/simple-ways-help-students-pay-attention/
  2. “What I Wish I Knew When I Started Doing Active Learning” – https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2018/01/15/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-doing-active-learning h/t Bronwen
  3. “The Power of I Don’t Know” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-power-of-i-dont-know/
  4. An interesting way to think about questions and answers in the classroom – “Help Kids Learn by Focusing on the Wrong Answers” - https://offspring.lifehacker.com/help-kids-learn-by-focusing-on-the-wrong-answers-1821882417

And a big cluster of tech stuff this month for no particular reason other than it’s a new year so why not try something new?

  1. A lot of us do this – but if you are on the fence – “Tuning Your Pedagogical Practice: Incorporate Digital and Social Technology” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/tuning-your-pedagogical-practice-incorporate-digital-and-social-technology
  2. Every popping fresh thing out there at the moment – “The Ultimate List – 65 Digital Tools and Apps to Support Formative Assessment Practices” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2018/the-ultimate-list-65-digital-tools-and-apps-to-support-formative-assessment-practices/
  3. “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018” – https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-tech-tools-2018/ - #5 could be used in a way similar to one of our Journal Club+Instruction Exchange readings (Learning IL through Drawing - http://iu.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=31366187) and #6 looks cool just for our own presentations we create

January 2018

  1. Thinking about accessibility in our teaching – Part 1 http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/12/06/thinking-about-accessibility-part-1/ and Part 2 - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/12/15/thinking-about-accessibility-part-2/.
  2. Using humor in the classroom - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/11/28/importance-using-humor-classroom-essay.
  3. 15 Questions to Ask when introducing new content to students - https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/15-questions-help-students-respond-to-new-ideas/ - good to know since we do this a lot!
  4. Top 10 Evidence Based Teaching Strategies – if you’re already doing them – pat yourself on the back J - http://www.evidencebasedteaching.org.au/evidence-based-teaching-strategies/
  5. A bibliography from the ACRL IS section – Library Instruction for Diverse Populations - http://acrl.ala.org/IS/library-instruction-for-diverse-populations-bibliography/
  6. With annual review time coming up – How to be better at stress - https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-deal-with-stress.

December 2017

  1. Instructional Moves! Explains and illustrates good teaching habits through actual classroom examples - https://instructionalmoves.gse.harvard.edu/home
  2. The Black Box Problem: What does “information literacy” even mean? - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/black-box-problem
  3. Media Literacy - from CJR - https://www.cjr.org/special_report/media-literacy-trump-fake-news.php
  4. Teaching & Assessing Soft Skills – including a fun rubric for Critical Thinking! - http://catlintucker.com/2017/09/teaching-assessing-soft-skills/
  5. Try a new technology! NearPod – “Create polls, interactive quizzes, open-ended questions, beautiful slideshows and more.” – Free up to a class of 30 - https://nearpod.com/ (h/t: Sean)
  6. Coming off the Formative Assessment workshop last month – “8 Of The Most Common Sources of Formative Assessment Data” – many of these don’t create a physical product, so you can’t easily use them as evidence to build a programmatic approach – but if you aren’t in the habit of doing formative assessment when you teach – these are a great starting place to get you in the habit - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/8-frequent-sources-formative-assessment-data/
  7. An OER “textbook” about pedagogy for teaching & learning - https://facultypatchbook.pressbooks.com/.
  8. Don’t have the time or inclination to write up full lesson plans for a one-shot session? Who can blame you. Try the “One-Sentence Lesson Plan” - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/one-sentence-lesson-plan/.

November 2017

  1. “Expensive software isn’t necessary to create effective tutorials. Quick, unedited tutorials created on social media, such as on Instagram or Snapchat, may be more effective. These short form videos (SFVs) combine the advantages of animated GIFs with the advantages of screencasts…” http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/short-form-videos/
  2. “Lateral Reading: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information” - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3048994
  3. “Where Students Start and What They Do When They Get Stuck: A Qualitative Inquiry into Academic Information-Seeking and Help-Seeking Practices” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133316301951
  4. Never hurts to have more tricks up your sleeve – “Teach your students how to read a journal article” - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/02/28/scaffolding-teach-your-students-how-to-read-a-journal-article/
  5. What is the purpose of education? http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/meeting-dimensions-education/
  6. Not specifically teaching related – but helpful for disseminating our research – How to write a kick awesome conference abstract -  https://bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/how-to-write-a-conference-abstract-a-five-part-plan-for-pitching-your-research-at-almost-anything/
  7. 12 must read articles about assessment - http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/12-must-read-articles-assessment/
  8. “The Future of Academic Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of Google” - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-future-of-academic-style-why-citations-still-matter-in-the-age-of-google/#
  9. And, because yesterday was Halloween - http://33.media.tumblr.com/fa6effcffe573d46014ffb45dda2fe22/tumblr_mzhgw2MWqa1t0o01do1_400.gif

October 2017

  1. 15 reflection strategies to help students retain what you just taught them - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/15-reflection-strategies-help-students-retain-just-taught/
  2. Kind-of an instruction/research hybrid - New report from ACRL with essential areas to research for academic librarian impact. http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/academiclib.pdf
  3. For anyone who teaches PubMed - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/09/07/confusion-journals-pubmed-now/
  4. Chunking for building expertise – helpful to think about when teaching IL concepts (and for our own expertise) - https://medium.com/the-mission/successful-people-are-not-necessarily-smarter-they-just-do-more-of-this-644a0cca6db8
  5. Help students focus on learning, not grades - http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/05/16/how-to-get-students-to-focus-on-learning-not-grades/
  6. 6 Common Misunderstandings about Assessment - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/6-common-misunderstandings-about-assessment-of-learning/
  7. Dealing with Difficult Students http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/02/16/dealing-with-difficult-students/
  8. How to teach large classes of students effectively (from a semester-length course perspective but still has helpful framing) https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/09/19/how-teach-large-classes-students-effectively-essay
  9. Is the Cognitive Load theory the most important thing a teacher should know? https://www.teachthought.com/learning/cognitive-load-theory-important-thing-teacher-know/

September 2017

  1. Struggle with writing Learning Outcomes? Try this online Objectives Builder from ASU - https://teachonline.asu.edu/objectives-builder/.
  2. Or, if you just need a refresher – here’s a two page handout for Writing Learning Outcomes - http://cer.jhu.edu/files/InnovInstruct-BP_wiriting-course-learning-goals.pdf.

 

Just remember if you’re teaching an IL class to tie LOs back to the UL IL LOs - http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/IL.

 

  1. Interesting ideas for what to do when a student finishes their work early. Some don’t exactly fit the type/level of teaching we do – but some do. http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/27-ideas-students-finish-work-early/ For example, Level-Up: Prepare levels. Students start at level 1 and can move on to harder levels if they finish early. And Correct: Give students the rubric and let them score the work. If their work is lacking, let them revise.
  2. “Learning to Learn” - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/learning-how-to-learn-barbara-oakley.html - including 4 Techniques to help you [and your students] learn
  3. “6 Critical Thinking Questions for Any Situation” - http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/6-critical-thinking-questions-situation/
  4. “23 Framework Things” - https://23frameworkthings.wordpress.com/
  5. “The 10 Habits (of Mind) of Highly Effective Information Seekers” - https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/the-10-habits-of-mind-of-highly-effective-information-seekers/
  6. Since stories can engage students – “How to Tell a Story” - http://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-a-story-with-alan-alda-the-moths-catheri-1797395059 – it’s a podcast – with Alan Alda and Catherine Burns
  7. An interesting read. “We Used Problem-Based Learning in Library Instruction and Came to Question its Treatment of Students” http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/we-used-problem-based-learning-in-library-instruction-and-came-to-question-its-treatment-of-students/

August 2017

  1. How Pretesting Can Help Your Students Fail Well. (http://ii.library.jhu.edu/2017/07/18/how-pretesting-can-help-your-students-fail-well/)
  2. There is a declining interest in library reference resources. (https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/07/17/tracking-evolution-reference-resources/)
  3. Good for end-of-class formative assessment! 28 Critical Thinking Stems for any content area. (http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/28-critical-thinking-question-stems-content-area/)
  4. ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Toolkit launched this summer. It provides professional development tools for using the Framework. We use the Framework in our IL Learning Outcomes. (http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/14048)
  5. The Difference Between Instructivism, Constructivism, And Connectivism. Moving towards the latter to truly engage students in the learning process. (http://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-difference-between-instructivism-constructivism-and-connectivism/)
  6. Information Literacy Skills Are Positively Correlated with Writing Grade and Overall Course Performance.  
    Shao, X., & Purpur, G. (2016). “Effects of information literacy skills on student writing and course performance.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 42(6), 670-678. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133316301756)   
  7. For the science/medicine folks - PubMed’s Native Interface Remains the Best Tool for Systematic Searching of its Biomedical Citations. Wildgaard, L. E., & Lund, H. (2016). “Advancing PubMed? A comparison of third-party PubMed/Medline tools.” Library Hi Tech, 34 (4), 669-684. (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/LHT-06-2016-0066)  
  8. For the EBP folks - Low Level Evidence Suggests That Librarian-Led Instruction in Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is Effective Regardless of Instructional Model. Swanberg, S. M., Dennison, C. C., Farrell, A., Machel, V., Marton, C., O'Brien, K. K., … & Holyoke, A. N. (2016). “Instructional methods used by health sciences librarians to teach evidence-based practice (EBP): a systematic review.” Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 104(3), 197-208. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915637/)  
  9. The digital native is a myth. (https://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363