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Photo by Susan Weber on Unsplash It is now the start of my 7th semester (Fall 2022). Before getting in too far, I will take a moment to reflect on last semester (Spring 2022) and goals for the upcoming semester. In the Spring 2022 semester, I taught ITCS 3162 (Introduction to Data Mining) once again. [...]
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash What is student-centered learning and how can I do better in my own class? How can I emphasize the importance of learning experiences over grades? These questions spurred me to reach out to Dr. Berardinelli, who has experience with student-centered and project-based learning. She kindly met with me over [...]
Photo by Morgan Sessions on Unsplash My teaching goals for the Fall 2021 semester included: Teach the ITCS 3162 class (Introduction to Data Mining)Continue developing my personal website and teaching portfolioAttend two CTL (Center for Teaching and Learning) Seminars In my previous report, I mentioned how explaining the course material to students helped increase my [...]
Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash My plan for this Spring 2021 semester included: ♥ Co-teach the ITCS 3162 class (Introduction to Data Mining) in Spring ’21.♥ As a part of co-teaching: (1) develop activities for the students to get hands-on experience with the data mining process and related tools, (2) provide various lectures and [...]
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash The second CTL workshop I attended this semester was in more of an asynchronous, classroom format, where we had a week to go through the material on Canvas. This workshop was titled Using Feedback to Improve Teaching & Learning and was facilitated by Fred Baker, Tracy Rock, and [...]
Photo by Compare Fibre on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Humanizing Your Online Course: Strategies to Promote Learner Interaction in Online Courses on April 19th, 2021. The description for this workshop is below: "In online courses, creating a human connection is important to deal with the emotional distraction [...]
My desk at home. The only place I saw this semester. Fall 2020 was my first fully online semester due to the pandemic (last semester was also online, but we had to transition from in-person to online partially through, which was also a challenging experience in itself). Here, I will reflect on the semester in [...]
Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Cognitive Empathy in the Classroom on October 14th, 2020. The description for this workshop is below: "Adversity outside the classroom has always seeped into the classroom via multiple pathways. However, in today's environment, it is impossible to ignore [...]
Photo by Mark Rabe on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Active Learning Webinar: How Virtual Whiteboards Level the Playing Field for All Learners on September 23rd, 2020. The description for this workshop is below: "This webinar is facilitated by Dr. Bobby Hobgood, Director of the Language Resource Center [...]
In the previous post, we went over academic integrity violations, what they are, and why they may happen. Here, we will discuss methods to prevent or reduce cheating from occurring in the first place. Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash What can we do to prevent cheating? When discussing cheating in higher education (or in [...]
Aileen Benedict 