TLC Posts


July 2024

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Volume 7, Issue 2 In This Issue: The Teaching Scope: Directing the Teaching and Learning Center Teacher’s Toolbox: QAARD: Questioning Aid for Rich, Real-time Discussion Did You Know?: Making PowerPoint Interactive Pedagogy Podcast: Using scenario development and case studies to make learning real Research Bytes: Writing effective multiple choice and multiple-response questions Book Giveaway: The… Read More

Grit and Academic Perseverance

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Zachry, A. H., Lancaster, S., Hall, A., & Hilsdon, A. (2024). The relationship between cognitive factors and noncognitive factors, including grit, and NBCOT® Exam performance. Occupational Therapy In Health Care, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2024.2352708

Improving Audience Participation with Poll Everywhere

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Poll Everywhere is a web-based technology that allows audience members to engage in interactive presentations, virtual classrooms, and other learning tools.Are you new to Poll Everywhere or an experienced Presenter who wants to improve your audience participation? If you answered yes to either question, please follow these helpful tips to improve polling responses: If you… Read More

Student Perceptions of Inclusive Learning

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Drs. Pamela Lewis Kipkulei and Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua talk about their research on what students perceive to be inclusive learning.

Developing Student Confidence: Tyler Melton, College of Pharmacy

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Using MyMediasite to Record Course Videos

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Jennifer Stewart, MPS – Teaching & Learning Product Manager My Mediasite has the technology you need to record, upload, and share videos from anywhere you are. Faculty and staff can capture, publish, manage, and share original videos directly from their computer to Mediasite.   ABOUT   My Mediasite has two components: the My Mediasite account and… Read More

Principles of Adult Learning: James Wheeler, College of Pharmacy

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Rubrics

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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generatedTLC‧To‧Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Rubrics are an assessment tool that guide grading by articulating specific components of assignments and communicating expectations for those components. Rubrics lend themselves to assessments where it is important to communicate high expectations, provide targeted feedback, and demonstrate learning priorities. When provided… Read More

The New College Classroom

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Authors: Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis Published: August 30, 2022 UTHSC Library College instruction is stuck in the past. If a time traveler from a century ago arrived on today’s campuses, they would recognize only too well the listlessness of the lecture hall and the awkward silence of the seminar room. Yet we know… Read More

Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education

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Authors: Jeremy T. Murphy and Meira Levinson Published: March 7, 2023 UTHSC Library Based on work conducted through the Instructional Moves project at Harvard University, Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education outlines the many ways in which good college and graduate school teaching is rooted in deliberate pedagogical choices that support active learning. Jeremy T.… Read More