Tag archives for Assessment
Lessons in Mentorship: Students and Academic Professionals
It’s easy to get caught up in the frantic pace of the semester, but it’s important to remember that our usual advice can be totally fresh for students. In my…
CTLL Summer Reading List: How Your Teaching Can Become More Effective
With summer having officially arrived as of last week, we're pleased to present to you our first-ever CTLL Summer Reading List. The team here at Teaching Academic would like to extend…
Accessing and Using Data to Inform Decisions
During summer, you may have some time to delve more deeply into an analysis of institutional/unit data. Such an undertaking can inform program development and review, annual reports, faculty development,…
To Incentivize or Not To Incentivize
As an instructor, my philosophy has always been to treat college students as adults. This philosophy generated from both my own experiences as a student and also the fact that…
Tutoring Services: Outcomes and Experiences
In my seven years of tutoring STEM courses, I have witnessed every type of student imaginable – the smart, the go-getter, the “do enough to get by,” the last-minute, the “I…
Using Book Clubs to Foster Student Engagement
At it’s core, traditional teaching and learning involves students gaining meaning from printed and oral language. Raphael and McMahon (1994) suggested that comprehension is achieved through a partnership of students,…
Midpoint Course Evaluations
by Katherine Kipp, Interim CTLL Faculty Fellow - Oconee So we have officially passed the midpoint of the semester. Hopefully, we finally ironed out all the wrinkles in our courses…
Students With Disabilities Speak About College: In Their Own Words
In the summer of 2014, six students agreed to talk about what it means to be a UNG student with a disability. While most of us know something of obstacles…
Section 508 and the Accessibility Matters to UNG Workshop
Section 508 and the Accessibility Matters to UNG Workshop by Erin Williams The higher education landscape has changed dramatically with the evolution of the digital world. As we encounter flipped…
Using Exam Wrappers as a Learning Tool
By: Dede deLaughter She sits in your office, clearly fighting back tears. Pointing to the grade on her test, she says, "I've never made anything below a B before." Sound…