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Teaching the teachers: Academy aims for ongoing improvement in instruction

In 2008, the university implemented the Academy for Teaching and Learning. The institution exists for the sole purpose of ensuring faculty have every resource at their disposal to create a good educational experience.

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Students learn a passion for truth : Baylor ranks in top 10 best learning communities

Such reports are based on professional feedback, not classroom experience. Regardless, Dr. Christopher Richmann said he thinks classroom involvement is just as vital and bleeds into the community indirectly. That classroom experience is where the Academy for Teaching and Learning becomes a tool for professors, teaching the skills they don't acquire in graduate school.

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Seminars for Excellence in Teaching series explores classroom strategies

Seminars for Excellence in Teaching series explores classroom strategies
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Teaching: Readers Suggestions for Crafting a Welcoming Syllabus

This week: I point you toward further resources for improving syllabi. I pass along an interesting Twitter thread on students’ learning-related fears about returning to the classroom. A Welcoming Syllabus A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about new research showing that writing a syllabus in a warm tone could encourage students to ask for help, and asked readers how they have made their syllabi inviting. I received a number of interesting responses. One common theme: The words used on the syllabus definitely matter, but so does the visual presentation. Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College, summed up her approach by writing, “I’ve worked really hard to adapt my syllabus into a document that’s readable, user-friendly, and supportive.”

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