EDvice Exchange | Center for the Advancement of Teaching

EDvice Exchange is the Center for the Advancement of Teaching‘s blog. It serves instructors in the Temple community and other institutions of higher education. This resource provides effective, research-based teaching practices for your consideration.

Engaging Modern Learners? Game On!

10/28/15

As the parent of two pre-teens, I find myself constantly having to pull my children away from their video games. I watch commuters on the train engrossed in video games on their phones and tablets. From casual games such as Candy Crush, to complex games such as Civilization, these games seem to have a hold on people.

Helping Students see the Big Picture with Integrative Learning Strategies

10/13/15

This semester the TLC and the General Education Program are co-sponsoring a faculty Teaching Circle on the topic of Integrative Learning. This teaching circle is an opportunity for faculty who teach General Education courses to come together and discuss the significance of GenEd, how to motivate students in these courses, and how to help students connect learning in these courses to courses in their majors, their careers, and their personal lives. Johanna Inman is an Assistant Director at the TLC and co-facilitates the Integrative Learning Teaching Circle.

3 Great Classroom Strategies for the Online Environment

9/4/15

Online Learning

This month the TLC is launching the Online Teaching Institute, a program that prepares instructors for online teaching. The OTI is suggested for faculty of all levels and experience to improve their online teaching and provide students with a rich, interactive learning environment.

Student Success a Conference Success at Temple University

1/20/15

Faculty Conference, Student Success

More than 130 instructors from around the region joined over 100 faculty and administrators from Temple University at the Teaching and Learning Center’s 13th Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence. This year’s theme, Student Success, focused on ways faculty can support student success inside and out of the classroom.

Using a Participation Rubric: A Case for Fairness and Learning

11/20/14

Rubric, Participation

In my first year of teaching after graduate school I received (what I thought then) was sage advice about grading: Always make participation at least 20% of the final grade in your class. This strategy gives you wiggle room to make the ultimate decision about a student’s grade. At the time it didn’t raise any red flags. In fact, it seemed like solid common sense advice, especially for the courses that I taught which were mostly in the visual arts.

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