Know Your Students: Lynn Russell, College of Dentistry
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Blackboard Course Roles
|Course roles control access to the content and tools within a course. Each user is assigned a role for each course in which they participate. As Course Directors and Instructors, you can set course roles when you enroll users in courses. You can also edit course roles after enrollment.
Keep Lectures Short: Rebecca Reynolds, College of Health Professions
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Inclusive Learning
|Last Revised:April 4, 2025 First Published:April 12, 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 enhance cultural awareness, sensitivity and competency, and to personalize the learning experience.… Read More
Attending to Student Well-Being
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generatedTLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Reviewed:January 26, 2026 First Published:August 16, 2022 Faculty have a unique opportunity to support student well-being in both classroom and clinical settings. This can include using clear and flexible teaching approaches, offering regular check-ins to help students reflect on… Read More
Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ)
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last ReviewedSeptember 16, 2025 First Published:January 31, 2023 Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are among the most widely used formats in health sciences education due to their efficiency in assessing broad content areas, ease of scoring, and suitability… Read More
Writing a Teaching Philosophy
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last Reviewed:March 1, 2026 First Published:March 30, 2022 Teaching Philosophies, sometimes called Teaching Statements, are documents that are helpful in informing students of your priorities, applying to teaching positions and reflecting on teaching practices. Teaching Philosophies articulate your central… Read More
Universal Design for Learning
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last Reviewed:September 22, 2025 First Published:May 18, 2022 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an evidence-based educational framework that reduces barriers to learning by centering three main principles: engagement, representation, and action and expression. Engagement refers to… Read More
Team-Based Learning
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last Reviewed:September 16, 2025 First Published:March 4, 2022 Team-based learning (TBL) is a student-centered instructional strategy that utilizes a flipped classroom model allowing students the opportunity to work in groups to solve authentic problems. TBL is a… Read More
Teaching in Tumultuous Times
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Reviewed:March 1, 2026 First Published:March 18, 2022 When local, community, or global events impact our classrooms, it can be challenging to maintain focus on teaching and learning. Teaching may feel mundane or even irrelevant in the face… Read More