April 2021 archive

SIP 13.14 Make All Students Feel Welcome and Supported by Using Proper Pronouns

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Creating a welcoming and empowering learning environment is critical to supporting the success and well-being of transgender, nonbinary and other gender-diverse students. While some students may disclose these identities to you, others may not feel safe disclosing their gender identity. It’s best to assume that there are transgender and …

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SIP 13.13 Long-term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? I think we would all agree that this past COVID-19 pandemic year has been most unexpected and pervasively disruptive. Statistics from the Metropolitan State University of Denver Counseling Center from last June 1 to the present indicate that 32.2% of students who reached out for support cited Covid stress …

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SIP 13.12 Use Video Clips to Enhance Learning

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? In a recent conversation on Teams, students were commiserating about the tough upcoming month, the last month of the semester. Several students shared that they were behind on reading or didn’t feel particularly confident about the last exam. Typical mid-semester blues. One student said, “I always fall asleep while …

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SIP 13.11 Help! My Tricks Aren’t Working Anymore!

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? It is usually impossible to make sweeping statements about the state of teaching for everyone across disciplines, across levels, full-time and affiliate, etc. However, it is pretty safe to say teaching has changed for pretty much all of us since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. 2020 was a year of learning to …

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SIP 13.10 Accessible Methods for Teaching Citation

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? We tend to think of writing as conveying verbal information – the words and their meaning are what is important. However, in much of the academic writing we ask students to do, formatting and citation in specific styles (MLA, APA, IEEE, etc.) is an integral part of the assignment. …

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