by Kasi Williamson, Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair, Organizational Studies Context: What, Where, and Who I Teach In the School for Professional Studies (SPS) at SLU, I teach communication courses to adult learners, in eight-week terms, in online and on-ground formats. In other words: I get to teach transformative concepts to extraordinary students in a format… Continue reading Real Life, Online Service Learning: One Teacher’s Path
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Oblique strategies for teaching
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Some teachers may find themselves feeling like they are in a bit of a rut in their teaching. It’s an all too common feeling in which something feels out of step. Perhaps, we feel bored or feel that our efforts don’t produce the same results as before. We… Continue reading Oblique strategies for teaching
Data Literacy Tools for the Classroom
by Rebecca Hyde, Research & Instruction Librarian, Associate Professor, Pius XII Memorial Library “Data literacy” is used to mean many different things, but I recently came across a simple definition that really resonated with me: Data literacy is “the ability to interpret, evaluate, and communicate statistical information” (Beauchamp 2015). I like this broad definition because it encompasses… Continue reading Data Literacy Tools for the Classroom
Tools of the Reflective Trade
by Jerod Quinn, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Even though reflection can be a valuable tool for teaching and learning, it’s only valuable if you actually do it. I’m a “process” minded person by training and by nature, so I’m usually searching for tools to add practical application to important theories. I wanted to take some… Continue reading Tools of the Reflective Trade
The Purpose of College: Career-making or Soul-making?
by Elisabeth Hedrick-Moser, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center Dan Berrett’s recent Chronicle article traces “the day the purpose of college changed” to the day that Ronald Reagan suggested that, in a time of economic downturn, “there are certain intellectual luxuries that perhaps we could do without.” From this day in 1967, Barrett traces a change in… Continue reading The Purpose of College: Career-making or Soul-making?
Taking Another Look at the Project-Based Class
by Gina Merys, Associate Director, Reinert Center In a recent article, "The Road to a Project-Based Classroom," Gintaras Duda explains how he has moved from lecture to projects in his quantum mechanics course. The course he describes is one that has gone through three iterations as it has evolved into the wholly project-based class that… Continue reading Taking Another Look at the Project-Based Class
Reinert Center's Winter Institute Explores "Teaching Today's Learners in Multiple Formats"
Over 75 Saint Louis University faculty members and graduate students braved the cold on January 8, 2015 to take part in the Reinert Center’s annual Winter Institute, which focused this year on “Teaching Today’s Students in Multiple Formats.” Rita-Marie Conrad, of The UC-Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning, was this year’s keynote speaker. Conrad has… Continue reading Reinert Center's Winter Institute Explores "Teaching Today's Learners in Multiple Formats"
Learner-Centered Pedagogy: The Fear of Losing Control
by Kenneth L. Parker, Steber Professor in Theological Studies In the spring of 1991, I returned to teaching after more than five years as a Benedictine monk. The monastery had been founded in China in the 1920s, and when exiled after the Chinese Revolution, the community had relocated to the Mojave Desert in California. During my… Continue reading Learner-Centered Pedagogy: The Fear of Losing Control
Teaching Today's Students: The Conversations Continue
by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center This spring, we’re continuing to focus on our theme for the year, Teaching Today’s Students. The theme provides an opportunity to highlight the most important element of context – our students – and to explore the many aspects of who “today’s students” are and what is needed to “teach”… Continue reading Teaching Today's Students: The Conversations Continue
Broader Identity as Change Agents
by Jerod Quinn, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Like many of you, I spent some of my time this semester preparing a workshop for a conference. This was the primary professional conference for faculty developers from all over North America. It’s one of those conferences where you are surrounded by hundreds of colleagues and yet you… Continue reading Broader Identity as Change Agents
The Notebook 