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2-Minute Mentor Videos:

Online Resources for KU Faculty and Instructional Staff Members

Each 2-Minute Mentor link features a short (two-minute) video discussion and a couple of quick hits about these teaching topics:

Link to About KU Students
About KU
Students
Link to Cognitive Apprenticeship
Cognitive
Apprenticeship
Link to Course Design
Course
Design
Link to Designing Assignments
Designing
Assignments
Link to Evaluating Learning
Evaluating
Learning
Link to Evaluating Students' Clinical Experiences
Clinical
Experiences
Link to Critical Thinking
Fostering
Critical Thinking
Link to Iterative Assignments
Iterative
Assignments
Link to Optimizing Class Time
Optimizing
Class Time
Link to Other Academic Misonduct
Other Academic
Misconduct
Link to Representing Your Teaching
Representing
Teaching
Link to Responding to Plagiarism
Responding to
Plagiarism
Link to Teaching Graduate Seminars
Graduate
Seminars
Link to Teaching Problem Solving
Problem
Solving
Link to Threshold Concepts
Threshold
Concepts
Link to Time Management
Time
Management
Link to Using Course Evaluation Data
Using Course
Evaluation Data
Link to Using Technology Creatively
Using
Technology

Events
Bloom's Sixth, the CTE blog

Enrollment numbers reflect a difficult decade for higher ed (and provide a few surprises)

A national conversation on evaluating teaching starts to take shape

Peer learning expands as instructors remake courses

Moving higher education from storied past to innovative future

Using data to better understand student 'grade surprise'

News & Notes

KU Physics Department faculty design an introductory, calculus-based physics course that uses an "energy-first curriculum" to improve student learning. 

Carol Holstead, Journalism & Mass Communications, shares strategies for improving teaching, starting with a back-to-the-basics approach for names, emails, feedback, and office hours. 

Tony Rosenthal, History, discusses the use of new teaching methodologies in a urban history course in his article, "Sin Cities: From History to Sociology to Urban History, an Interdisciplinary Journey".

Harvard University scholars focus on "Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom".

The American Sociological Association calls for reconsideration of student teaching evaluations. Click here for official statement. 

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Getting Started Topics

Two-Minute Mentor
Preparing a Course
Using Time Well
Lecturing & Presenting
Motivating Students
Assessing Students’ Learning
Using Technology
Making Material Clear
Student Feedback
Universal Design
Lecturer Resources
GTA Resources