Category: Resources


Getting to Know Your Students

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Last Reviewed:February 9, 2024 First Published:August 10, 2022   Robust research suggests that students benefit immensely from student-faculty interaction, particularly when it comes to student well-being, intellectual commitment, and motivation (Morrison 2021). While getting to know students can be challenging in larger classes or within an online context, certain teaching strategies, such as mini-surveys or… Read More

Faculty Well-Being

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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last Reviewed:February 11, 2025 First Published:August 10, 2022   Faculty often come under immense pressure to perform as excellent educators, stellar researchers, and adept practitioners within their disciplines. This pressure, combined with expectations of university-wide service and external… Read More

Active Learning

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Last Reviewed:December 19, 2024 First Published:June 1, 2022   Prince (2004) defines active learning as “any instructional method that engages students in the learning process. In short, active learning requires students to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing” (p. 223). Faculty facilitate an active learning environment when students are not only… Read More

Create an Inclusive Course Climate

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  Last Reviewed:September 16, 2024 First Published:August 31, 2022   Inclusive learning has become an umbrella term to describe practices that support learners from a variety of backgrounds. Inclusive learning boosts educational achievement by providing learners and educators with tools to co-create learning experiences, to heighten cultural sensitivity, and to personalize the learning experience. Inclusivity… Read More

November 2022

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Volume 5, Issue 3 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Interview with Dr. Joe Swanson: Teaching Strategies for Didactic and Experiential Courses Teacher’s Toolbox: Using Educational Videos in Your Classes Did You Know?: Using ExamSoft Longitudinal Analysis for Tracking Student Performance Pedagogy Podcast: ‘Demystifying Group Projects’ Research Bytes: Text Messages as Nudges  

Create Orientation Videos: Mona Wicks, College of Nursing

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Learn more about creating orientation videos by sending email to tlc@uthsc.edu      

Believe in What You Are Teaching: Rachel Barenie, College of Pharmacy

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Backward Planning: Kate Fouquier, College of Nursing

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Learn More about Backward Planning with the TLC’s Course Design Medallion    

July 2022

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Volume 5, Issue 2 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Using ePortfolios to support student learning Teacher’s Toolbox: Digital Whiteboards Did You Know?: Evaluating Course Workloads Pedagogy Podcast: How to Engage on Social Media Research Bytes: Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda  

March 2022

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Volume 5, Issue 1 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Educating Students about Mental Health Teacher’s Toolbox: Using Equity Mapping Did You Know?: Learning about the Blackboard Ultra Conversion Pedagogy Podcast: What Inclusive Instructors Do Research Bytes: Connecting Students with Online Icebreakers