Category: Pedagogy and Andragogy

The Hidden Performance of Teaching: Why Faculty Need a Warm-Up Routine

October 29, 2025 by Oksana Komarenko

Remember that moment right before hitting “Start Recording” for your first lecture? That flutter in your stomach, the sudden awareness of every “um” and “uh,” the nagging thought that you should have worn something different? Congratulations! You’ve just experienced what musicians call performance anxiety. And you’re not alone. Teaching is Performance (Whether We Like It […]

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No More “Meh”: How to Design Speaking Assignments That Matter

October 15, 2025 by Mary Moore

In this blog, senior lecturer Mary Moore advocates for the inclusion of speaking assignments in the classroom, providing suggestions for authentic and effective versions of these assignments. Communication is not a “soft skill.” Rather, it is a core competency, essential in careers, civic life, and relationships. In fact, it’s hard to imagine we can […]

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Challenges Learners Face: Exhaustion and Fatigue

October 1, 2025 by Caleb Green, Leilani Mascio

Caleb and Leilani examine the data and stories behind student exhaustion and offer practical strategies for instructors to make a difference. In our previous post, we outlined the top five challenges from the Ball State Student Satisfaction Survey. This post kicks off a series that will dive deep into the top five challenges students face. […]

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The Persistence of Top Challenges from the Student Satisfaction Survey

September 3, 2025 by Caleb Green, Leilani Mascio

Every fall and spring semester, the Division of Online and Strategic Learning administers the Student Satisfaction Survey to learners at Ball State. We use this data to understand the biggest challenges our students report. In the past few years, the top five challenges have remained consistent. This blog explores those five student challenges and how […]

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Education is Like a Burger, Culturally Bound

April 16, 2025 by Vanessa Lanning (she/her)

Just like a “burger” can mean different things across cultures, so too can education, requiring educators to consider diverse learning backgrounds and adapt their classrooms accordingly. I tell this story to highlight how we all approach our lives with the experience that we have had thus far, and this experience is deeply rooted in our […]

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When Grading Practices Fail

April 2, 2025 by Kathleen Jacobi

Are you looking for ways to support your students through the assessment/grading process? Five colleagues share their experience with nontraditional and alternative grading practices. Assessment is an important teaching tool. Yet, some aspects of traditional grading systems can reinforce imbalanced power structures. Studying grading practices more closely can help instructors accurately measure students’ knowledge, skills, […]

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Authentic Assessment as an Alternative to Online Proctoring

March 26, 2025 by Caleb Green

Considering authentic assessments as a tool to help prevent academic dishonesty. We are living in a time of unprecedented access to technology, much of which can make upholding academic integrity more challenging than ever. When looking to secure Canvas exams from academic dishonesty, one application within the system faculty can turn to is Respondus to […]

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Recording Better Videos for Your Class

March 19, 2025 by Indy Potter

Learn tips and tricks from equipment to filming space for recording even better videos for your classes at home or in your office. As the Multimedia Design Specialist in the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, I use my video and design skills to help Ball State University faculty upgrade their class quality in several […]

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Toward a More Critical Framework for AI: An Interview with Author Jon Ippolito

March 12, 2025 by Cheri Madewell, Jon Ippolito

Read a thought-provoking interview about AI in education with Jon Ippolito, keynote speaker at the 2025 Teaching and Technology Summit. Researcher and author Jon Ippolito will open the Ball State March 20-21 Teaching and Technology Summit with the opening keynote address, “Thinking or Shrinking? AI and Post-Citation Scholarship.” Jon Ippolito is an artist, writer, and curator […]

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2025 Teaching and Technology Summit Keynotes

March 5, 2025 by John Carter

Learn more about the Opening and Closing Keynote Presentations at the 2025 Ball State University Teaching and Technology Summit. Join us for the 2025 Ball State University Teaching and Technology Summit. With two virtual half days of presentations, the summit provides a space for discussion and collaboration between colleagues on the evolving landscape of teaching […]

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