by Christopher Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Using video platforms like Zoom has quickly become a standard way to connect with colleagues, friends, or family. However, it is becoming apparent that video meetings can be both mentally and physically draining. Often referred to as “Zoom fatigue,” these exhausting feelings can have an impact on our… Continue reading Teaching Strategies to help combat Zoom fatigue
Category: Teaching with Technology
Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom
by Eric Royer, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning My disciplinary research and teaching area of expertise is in human rights and post-conflict transitions. Students in my classes are often exposed to genocides and mass killings, humanitarian crises, and child trafficking rings linked to conflict minerals. These topics, as well as the… Continue reading Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom
Digital Storytelling as a Pandemic Community-Building Mechanism
by Eric Royer, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Since our shift to remote and now dual-mode teaching, students have become more adept at using our course sites to access materials and complete course activities. They’re also more comfortable using Zoom and other tools to collaborate, engage, and meet key learning outcomes. At the same time, countless… Continue reading Digital Storytelling as a Pandemic Community-Building Mechanism
Don’t Forget: Breakout Rooms Require Community, Too
by Eric Royer, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning In our push to accommodate the needs of students participating in online, hybrid, and remote learning formats, Zoom breakout rooms are consistently promoted as a viable tool to engage and connect students with content, each other, and course activities. The format has even… Continue reading Don’t Forget: Breakout Rooms Require Community, Too
A Model for Pandemic Era Course Design
by Sandy Gambill, Sr. Instructional Developer, Reinert Center As we face the uncertainty of the fall semester, it is hard to see how our instructional time with students won’t change. We may go through the entire semester without transitioning to remote learning, as we were forced to in the spring. Even if that proves to… Continue reading A Model for Pandemic Era Course Design
Resources for Creating Asynchronous Courses Elements
Working asynchronously in a remote teaching and learning situation means that the instructor and the students are not required to meet simultaneously in order to participate in the course fully or to fulfill the learning objectives of the course. Despite not meeting together at the same time, students and instructors continue to interact regularly and… Continue reading Resources for Creating Asynchronous Courses Elements
Friday Roundup
During this time of upheaval, the Reinert Center is here to help you as you navigate teaching all courses remotely. Below are some resources we have created or discovered that could be useful to you going forward. As we all strive to lower the curve through social distancing, we have closed the physical offices of… Continue reading Friday Roundup
Instructional Continuity
Given the increase in coronavirus cases in the US and abroad, we find ourselves in an unusual circumstance that asks us to act with concern and consideration toward everyone in our community and with a commitment to finding new ways to create and experience knowledge. At its most basic definition, “instructional continuity” means 1) that… Continue reading Instructional Continuity
New Issue of Technology for Teaching eJournal
The Reinert Center invites you to read the latest issue of our ejournal, Technology for Teaching. The latest issue addresses gamification and game-based teaching. Featured in this issue is an interview with Dr. Simone Bregni, Associate Professor of Italian on his game-based pedagogical approach to teaching Italian. Also, Dr. Robert Cole profiles the game-quiz app, Kahoot! and… Continue reading New Issue of Technology for Teaching eJournal
Artisanal Pedagogy in the Era of Technology Intensification
by Vince Casaregola, Professor, English I was recently completing a survey about using classroom technologies, and in the comments section, I felt compelled to write that classroom technologies did not begin with the development of the iPhone, the internet, or even the personal computer—books, pens, and even paper represent technologies as well. One of the… Continue reading Artisanal Pedagogy in the Era of Technology Intensification
