This asynchronous online, community of practice explores essential teaching issues and challenges with practical and timely suggestions for implementation throughout the semester. Invigorate your instruction with tips and suggestions from our experienced group of instructors while also contributing your input and perspective. Suitable for both new and experienced teachers, this series requires just 20 minutes per week!

In this Community of Practice, we will discuss new topic every week for 15 weeks. Participants are expected to complete one discussion board assignment every week on a provided teaching topic.

Weekly Topics

• Rapport: Getting to Know Your Students
• Prior Knowledge: Tapping Into What Students Already Know
• Assisting Students with Note-taking 
• Using Low-Stakes Assessments 
• Incorporating Quick Writing 
• Reporting Student Progress 
• Using Surveys to Improve Student Experience 
• Being Accessible to Your Students 
• Grading Efficiently and Effectively 
• Facilitating Useful Discussions 
• Beginning and Ending a Lesson Purposefully 
• Providing Effective Verbal Feedback 
• Fostering Learning in Small Groups 
• Reviewing for Exams 
• Reflecting on Our Teaching 

To earn the digital badge, participants are required to successfully complete 10 of 15 weekly discussion assignments.

Because seating is limited, we want to ensure all participants are fully engaged. This course includes weekly discussion board assignments requiring approximately 20 minutes per week. Please sign up only if you can dedicate this time to our community of practice.