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Newsletter Archive
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Feb. 18, 2021As more professors teach partly online, colleges are struggling with how to describe what they’re offering. Is all of that information helping or hurting?
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Feb. 11, 2021The surveys students usually fill out are problematic even under normal circumstances.
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Feb. 4, 2021A teaching expert dives into a pandemic puzzle: Instructors believe they’re scaling back assignments. But students report more coursework.
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Jan. 28, 2021Last semester a math professor hired a student who’d taken his course before to observe it and offer feedback. Here’s what he learned.
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Jan. 21, 2021As false claims proliferate, faculty members and librarians step up efforts to teach students how to discern the truth.
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Jan. 14, 2021A faculty developer shares an exercise she created to help instructors reflect on their experiences and begin to look forward.
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Jan. 7, 2021Spurred by the pandemic, one college has created a tool to provide more details about courses.
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Dec. 17, 2020Revisiting the year’s newsletter topics provides a timeline of pandemic teaching to date.
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Dec. 10, 2020Students often hate being put into breakout rooms in online classes. Professors share tips on how to make them more effective.
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Dec. 3, 2020It’s been a tough semester for everyone. Here are observations from some undergraduates.