As faculty members, we take on a variety of roles and tasks. We work to prepare quality learning objectives and course materials that are relevant to our students. Those in the tenure-track lines are expected to keep an active research and publishing agenda. Many of us also serve on multiple time-consuming committees and, outside of academia, we often have personal and household responsibilities, such as caring for children or elderly parents.
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Being Human: Lessons and Reminders during a Global Pandemic
Dr. Michael Ramirez is an associate professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He teaches courses on gender, work, aging and the life course, and film. Dr. Michael Ramirez, associate professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi As a sociologist, I am attentive to how nearly every dimension of social life is shaped …
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Digitizing The Problems Book: An Interview with Tim Hunt and John Wilson
What happens when you take a pen-and-paper assignment and translate it to an online environment? What do you and your students give up and what do you gain? Norton Biology recently sat down with Tim Hunt and John Wilson, authors of the beloved Problems Book that accompanies Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition, which …
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Calm and Compassionate Online Teaching: Q&A with Shelley Rodrigo
Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo has been teaching online for more than 20 years. She has also developed and administered an online writing program and supported instructors as an instructional technologist. Shelley is the interim director of the writing program; associate professor in the rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of English (RCTE); and associate writing specialist (continuing …
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Prioritizing Well-Being as We Return to the Classroom
Crystal Carlson (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is an assistant professor of psychology at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Crystal is an educational psychologist, dedicated to the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is particularly sensitive to the interplay of student well-being and student success. Her research examines how to support the diverse needs of …
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Workshop – Transitioning to Online Teaching with Brian O’Roark
In this workshop, Professor of Economics at Robert Morris University and Essentials of Economics co-author Brian O’Roark shared tips and tricks for moving your course online. He went over a number of resources to keep your students engaged—from Kahoot and InQuizitive—as well as specific tips for organizing your LMS and keeping in touch with students. He …
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