Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Overheard on campus: Student 1: I am so confused about this assignment. I don’t even understand what the professor is asking me to do. Student 2: Maybe you should go talk to her during her office hours about the assignment. Student 1: Oh, I don’t want to bother her. …
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Sep 19 2019
SIP 10.5 Making Small Talk with Students
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Last week’s SIP (10.4) encouraged faculty to make the most of class arrival time by accommodating students’ staggered arrival times with learning activities that allow students to join in as they show up. One simple suggestion was to use the time to mingle with students and encourage the entire class …
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Apr 11 2019
SIP 9.11 Creating a Human Component in Online Learning
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? If you spend any amount of time online, you’ve surely seen the common CAPTCHA phrase, “I’m not a robot” with a check box below confirming your humanity. But how about in our online classes? Are we robots or are we humans? Do students know there is an actual flesh-and-blood …
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Sep 29 2016
SIP 4.5 Productive Interactions with Frustrating Students
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Last week the SIPsquad offered some perspective on the management of instructor frustration in the face of challenging student behavior. This week, the SIPsquad offers up some tactical advice that will allow instructors to immediately and positively engage in behavior correction for good outcomes. We are doing our students …
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Sep 22 2016
SIP 4.4 Managing Feelings of Frustration Toward Students
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Have you ever heard something like, “What degrees do you have?” “I am an A student and I don’t agree with this grade.” “Actually, I recently read ____ and it said ….” Comments like these can result in feelings of frustration for professors. Those feelings can become barriers to …
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Sep 08 2016
SIP 4.3 Managing Narcissistic Students
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Do you ever find class becomes dominated by a few student voices? Have you struggled to figure out how to maintain those few students’ enthusiastic interest in the class while making space for others to speak up as well? Or there is the other version of student voice – …
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