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Tag: Reflection

  • Observations After My Teaching Gap Years  
    April 23, 2025 by

    Learn how Caleb used his experience as an instructional consultant to make sense of his first time back in the classroom after a years-long break. This academic year, I taught for the first time since 2021. In my time away from teaching, many shifts in education have occurred. In this blog, I share insights and […]

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  • When Grading Practices Fail
    April 2, 2025 by

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

    Toward a More Critical Framework for AI: An Interview with Author Jon Ippolito
    March 12, 2025 by ,

    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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  • Breaking Down Skills to Scaffold Learning
    January 15, 2025 by

    A persistent challenge in my teaching practice is navigating the line between what I know and what my learners know and gauging which of my disciplinary knowledge and skills have a complexity I take for granted. As experts in our fields, it can be difficult for us to stay mindful of just how complex basic […]

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  • Remembering My First Year at Ball State
    December 11, 2024 by

    Recalling my own stressful first year in college to connect with the experiences of our students. As a former Ball State University student, and now employee, I am compelled to tell you about my previous learner experiences because they are like many students before and after me. In many ways, some of the pressures learners […]

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  • Cultivating Inclusive Classroom Conversations With SB 202
    November 6, 2024 by

    Addressing questions of how to comply with recent legislation, this blog provides suggestions for teaching and learning in inclusive classrooms. The University teacher is a citizen, a member of a learned profession, and an officer of an educational institution. When speaking or writing as a citizen, there should be freedom from institutional censorship or discipline, […]

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