Teaching https://www.insidehighered.com/ en Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0500 You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/11/10/stitching-together-first-year-seminar-opinion Laura Skandera Trombley reflects on the artful stitching together of a first-semester first-year seminar. Laura Skandera Trombley Fri, 11/10/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching Credit Where Credit Is Due https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/25/should-instructors-give-students-extra-credit-opinion David Galef explores the true motives of students asking for extra credit and the results of instructors giving it. David Galef Wed, 10/25/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching The Trouble With AI Writing Detection https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/18/faculty-should-know-tools-students-use-beat-ai-detection Elizabeth Steere recommends instructors be aware of the messages students are receiving and the types of tools they are using to rephrase AI-generated text. Elizabeth Steere Wed, 10/18/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching Where Does the Thinking Happen? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/11/academe-should-make-discipline-specific-responses-chatgpt Johann Neem explores why academe needs discipline-specific responses to ChatGPT. Johann Neem Wed, 10/11/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching The Question-Centered Course https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/04/value-organizing-course-around-questions-opinion It can remind students how the process of inquiry can be meaningful and enjoyable for its own sake, writes Andy Tix, and even help them determine their life direction. Andy Tix Wed, 10/04/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching Improving Students’ Research Skills https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/09/20/starter-exercise-improve-students-research-skills-opinion Justin Robertson describes an experimental class project that introduced students to a new way of conducting interviews and applying what they learned. Justin Robertson Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching 3 Ways to Improve Student Group Work https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/09/13/three-ways-structure-classroom-group-work-successfully Throwing students into groups without an accountability system rigs such work against them, writes Christina Katopodis, but we can transform it by thoughtfully structuring it in equitable ways. Christina Katopodis Wed, 09/13/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching 5 Touch Points Students Should Consider About AI https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/09/06/key-questions-ask-students-about-using-ai-their-work As the new academic year begins, we must rethink the issue and help students decide when programs like ChatGPT deserve a place in written work, writes Naomi S. Baron. Naomi S. Baron Wed, 09/06/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching Why the Emotional Aspects of Learning Matter https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/08/30/addressing-social-and-emotional-aspects-learning-opinion Confronting our discomfort with learning’s affective domain will help us deal with the widespread hangover of the pandemic that remains a barrier to students’ classroom engagement, writes Angela Bauer. Angela Bauer Wed, 08/30/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching A Wish List for New Faculty  https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/08/23/advice-professors-beginning-their-career-opinion As the academic year begins, Karlyn Crowley, a university provost, offers some thoughts to professors at the start of their careers. Karlyn Crowley Wed, 08/23/2023 - 03:00 AM Teaching