Origins

The origins of this blog are twofold: a sense that faculty could use a research librarian for faculty development, someone that can help direct colleagues to recent scholarship and publications, highlight case studies, and share ideas for exploring a new teaching skill or strategy.  The second is to create an online workspace to support a face-to-face faculty working group I facilitate in the Kansas City area.

I plan to post blogs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.  Tuesday Tools will be blogs that focus on sharing and testing out an ed tech app, website, or tool.  Saturday Strategies will discuss best practices, course design ideas, and project or assignment plans--strategies that can help change the dynamic of your classroom and increase engagement and learning. Thursday posts do not follow a specific theme but still broadly relate to instructional design and learning--they may be a review of a recent book or article, a case study, a post by a guest author, or a discussion of a trend or idea from the growing field of the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Post tags will help with searching the blog for related topics (e.g. augmented reality), and the search bar can help you locate specific keywords, tools, or resources.  I hope you will explore the blog and engage in the conversation!

As faculty we often want to try out new assignments and strategies but do not always know where to find that information on how to get started.  Even if you've been teaching for a while, you may not be aware of the newest science of learning research and materials in a field that grows exponentially each day.  My goal is to bridge the gap between faculty and instructional design, helping you find the path that works for you and your students.


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