Those Delightful In-class Essays
So far this semester, I have been quite satisfied with the work of my undergraduate students, and my GTAs as well, relative to the...
The Sorting Stage of a Large Active Learning Class
My teaching assistants and I crossed the first hurdle this semester in setting up our 90-student literature class for active learning in...
Engineering Active Learning for Large Classes
I return to teaching a ninety-student section of core literature in January and I’ve been turning my mind to introducing as much active...
Active & Abroad: Staying Busy Overseas
My first consideration, then, was to integrate our field trips into the larger course theme, Empire and Identity, for our British Literature
Mell Classroom Building with Active Learning Spaces
Recently, some of us scheduled to teach in Auburn University's new Mell Classroom Building when it opens for Fall 2017 were taken on...
Small Class Active Learning
I have several challenging opportunities for my active learning this summer. I’ll have a small class of ten students, we’ll be in the...
Recording, Podcasting, and Writing
Last summer I planned how I would integrate eportfolio into my literature classes, and after two semesters of implementing and adjusting...
Can Glass Boards be too much of a Good Thing?
On the one hand, my literature students have become so proficient at their group work that most of them have already discovered their...
What's so Interesting About You?
I wanted to begin the semester in my composition classes with a preliminary collaboration exercise and I wanted it to be low stakes, low...
Students & Technological Literacy
In conversation with the graduate students in my teaching circle this week, we were discussing the use of technology in our classrooms,...
