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Newsletter Archive
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May 25, 2023Are Professors Ready for AI?
A case study and a real-life controversy highlight how fraught the field is becoming. -
May 18, 2023
How to Create Livelier Asynchronous Discussions
Students can get stuck at the level of information-sharing. Here’s how to help them pass it. -
May 11, 2023
Looking for Feedback? Ask Students to Annotate the Syllabus.
Professors share their strategies for getting more-meaningful course evaluations from students. -
May 4, 2023
How Professors — and Colleges — Can Lower the Risk of ‘Ungrading’
One obstacle to trying a new teaching practice: student course evaluations. -
April 27, 2023
Do Mental-Health Breaks Help Students? Readers Weigh In.
Instructors and others discuss how colleges can best respond to student anxiety in the classroom. -
April 20, 2023
Could a Few Emails From You Boost Student Success?
A new study shows that personalized messages from instructors about how to improve students’ course performance can raise their grades. -
April 13, 2023
How to Personalize Data Projects in a Large Class
An experiment shows how to overcome the challenges of creating collaborative projects and giving individual feedback. -
April 6, 2023
The Pros and Cons of Co-Created Course Policies
Readers share what they’ve learned from letting students weigh in on attendance and assignments. -
March 30, 2023
What You Can Learn From Students About ChatGPT
As AI tools enter the mainstream, academics are involving undergraduates in research and policymaking. -
March 23, 2023
More Ideas on Becoming a Better Teacher
A faculty developer offers a solution to the problem described in my recent article on evidence-based teaching
