Best Teaching Practices

Best Practices

Submitted by Dr. Rhonda Dubec on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 12:58
The words "best practices" written on a chalkboard

 

“Best practices” connect relevant educational research to in-course application to help instructors do the following:

  • Inject rigour into the curriculum and its presentation
  • Develop students’ thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Motivate, engage, and prompt students to learn

While the entire “Resources” section of the site addresses “best practices” for university-level teaching, this section covers other important but more “miscellaneous” issues not found under the specific topics listed in the left column.

14 Editing Tips

Submitted by Dr. Rhonda Dubec on Mon, 12/10/2018 - 07:51
Decorative: "Editing Tips to Make You a Better Writer"

 

"14 Invaluable Editing Tips" (post) offers practical suggestions for making your writing -- especially online writing (as for online course content, posted notes and material, etc.) -- clearer, more accessible, and more effective.

1. "Put yourself in your audience’s shoes."

  • "Tailor your content to your audience’s needs ... preferences ... interests ... problems, [abilities, and knowledge]." 

2. "Read your writing out loud."

6 Ways to Use Videos for Learning & Engagement

Submitted by Dr. Rhonda Dubec on Thu, 12/06/2018 - 07:40
Decorative: "V-I-D-E-O" letters hanging from a clothes line

 

"Six Ways to Use Video to Promote Learning and Engagement" (post) outlines ways to make productive use of video "whether you teach online or face-to-face" -- video options, that is, that are not simply "talking-head lectures."

  • Such "videos can be added to courses without significant extra time and effort."

1. Course-introduction videos

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