presenting essentially the same information in Week 2 and again in
Week 3, and all they seemed to do was change formats from power
point to discussions. So, I started posting a news notification in the
course that would pop up after Week 2, but before Week 3. In it, I
offered some suggestions for how to build on the Week 2 assignment.
Well, surprise, surprise…. their submissions changed and I stopped
having to give the same feedback over and over again! I also found
it helpful to use these notifications for upcoming assignments that are
connected to the current week's assignment.
Mindi Mull, PhD and Siva Perera, PhD, LMFT
Associate Directors of Faculty Support and Development, SSBS
While there are many helpful take-aways from Lindsay's and Mike's tips, it
is interesting that both center on using NCUOne tools to not only enhance
engagement and the student experience, but also to make the lives of
faculty a bit easier! Using Intelligent Agents (like Lindsay suggested) or
News items with release conditions (like Mike suggested) is a great way
to personalize our courses. Following Mike's advice and taking some time
to 'look, look, look' at our courses and what our students need is not only
helpful for our students, but a good way for us as faculty to be mindful of
what we're doing and consider the big picture. It is easy to get caught up
in all the day-to-day tasks we have, but taking a step back to consider the
bigger picture can be refreshing. And, if we can also use tools to make
our jobs a bit more efficient in the process, even better!
Thank you Lindsay and Mike for sharing some of your teaching tips
and strategies!
Do you have an approach, strategy, or idea you think others would find
useful or interesting? Please share! You can send your ideas to Mindi
(mmull@ncu.edu) or Siva (sperera@ncu.edu) and we would be happy
to include them in an upcoming faculty newsletter. Thanks!
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