“I Wish…” Interviews
What?The Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) conducted “I Wish…” interviews with five DU students to gain insight into their experience during the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At…
Mid-quarter tweaks to your course’s model of instruction: Considerations for international and culturally/linguistically diverse students
By Dr. Casey Dinger, Academic Director, Office of Internationalization, Dr. Andrea Stanton, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Tim Robinson, Associate Director for the English Language Center, and Rachel DeDeyn,…
How much is enough? Figuring Out Online Class Time
By Andrea Stanton, Chair of Department of Religious StudiesIn ordinary times, the DU faculty members I know already worry that they aren’t giving their students enough. Many of us already…
DU Graduate Students Weigh in on Online Learning
By: Christine Hood, OTL Graduate Assistant, and Nicole Perez, OTL Graduate Assistant We are graduate students in the Office of Teaching and Learning, and we have written this blog to…
To What End? Deciding What to Teach When You Can’t Teach It All
By Virginia Pitts, Director of University TeachingEven under normal circumstances, this is the point in the quarter when many of us realize we just can’t do it all. That sense…
Capturing the Attention of Students: Teaching with a Pandemic Playlist
By Christina H. Paguyo, Director of Academic AssessmentWhat do wearing raspberry berets, traveling the seven seas, and falling crazy in love have in common? In addition to making fantastic karaoke…
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Understanding the Pass+/Pass/No Pass Option and Supporting Students
By Valentina Iturbe-LaGrave, Ph.D., Director for Inclusive Teaching Practices, and Tom Romero, II JD., Ph.D., Associate Provost for IE Research & Curriculum InitiativesThe COVID-19 pandemic has warranted extraordinary grading policy…
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Teaching Through a Pandemic: Cognitive Load, Mental Health and Learning Under Stress
By Valentina Iturbe-LaGrave, Director for Inclusive Teaching Practices The global COVID19 Pandemic has required a lot from educators! From the swift reimagining of classrooms into online learning environments, to altering…
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Small Teaching Online
From Jared Del Rosso, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology Pursuing Meaning & Community in Online Classes In my limited experience with online teaching, the biggest challenge has been…
Radical Dharma Book Discussion
Join Paul Michalec (Morgridge College of Education) and Lorena Gaibor (Graduate School of Social Work) for an exploration of Radical Dharma by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Dr. Jasmine…
