Teaching and learning in the context of a pandemic
Use these resources to learn how the context of a pandemic affects student learning and how to respond to those effects in your teaching.
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Anti-racist pedagogy and scholarship on race and racism
Use these resources to engage in anti-racist pedagogy, understand the ways in which white supremacy operates both within and beyond higher education, and engage with the extensive scholarship on race and racism.
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Design your course *once* for multiple modalities
If you are planning to teach a hybrid course in 2020-2021, use these resources and suggestions to learn how to design your course for both in-person and remote students.
Ideas and strategies for teaching both remote and face-to-face (F2F) students
Use these resources to learn how to design a course for a wide variety of teaching scenarios and for both in-person and remote students.
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Creating a maximally responsive syllabus: Aligning learning outcomes, assignments, and assessment strategies
Our Associate Director of Assessment, Nancy Bostrom, with colleagues from Coe and Grinnell Colleges, facilitated a workshop focused on strategies to build a maximally responsive syllabus. Access this workshop as well as additional resources for creating a module-based syllabus here.
Online Exhibitions 101
Online exhibitions can always make for dynamic class projects, but they’re especially useful when in-person class might not be possible. Watch this video by Aisling Quigley to learn what kind of online exhibition to use in your course.
Developing effective assignments for the hybrid context and beyond: Using multiple modes of engagement and assessment
Use these resources from the assignment development workshop (facilitated by Britt Abel (German Studies, Director of Writing), Lisa Stroschine, Jane Nesmith, and Angela Ziskowski (Coe College); Robert Hinck and Shweta Srivastava (Monmouth College)) to learn how to develop effective assignments for your hybrid course. The resources focus primarily on creating transparent assignments that follow the Universal Design for Learning.
Teaching and learning with care and hope: Ways of being with crisis, trauma, and uncertainty in the classroom and beyond
To help faculty imagine ways to address trauma in our teaching, our colleagues Karín Aguilar-San Juan (American Studies) and Devavani Chatterjea (Biology) led the first Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) summer 2020 faculty development session on Teaching and Learning with Care and Hope. Access this session as well as additional resources for addressing trauma in your course here.
The liberal arts mindset at a distance: Tactics for building a hybrid course
The 2020-2021 school year will require us to consider ways to offer a liberal arts education at a distance. Use this guide to find resources and tactics to begin building your hybrid course.
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