Kicking off summer 2022 with a week full of learning about learning! Join me and my colleagues at the 2022 Perusall Exchange and this year’s Pedagogicon. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Pedagogy
Faculty Innovation in Teaching Award
As a Faculty Innovator and Engage Mentor, I lead professional learning communities and workshops on topics such as transparent design, ungrading, intrinsic motivation, online education, and support for student veterans (to name a few). I am certainly not alone in this work… Continue reading
Why Are We Here?
In August, Dr. Matt Winslow and I co-directed an event for the EKU College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences. It was titled, “Why Are We Here?” and students who participated got a chance to think early in the semester about their intrinsic motivations for attending college. Continue reading
Advice to College Students Not Digging the Whole Online Thing
Don’t fall prey to a victim mindset. That can be especially easy to do when you are cooped up alone due to social distancing. Remember, now is the time to keep fighting for your future. Find your conviction. Continue reading
EKU Outstanding First-Year Student Awards
I’ve said before that seeing our students recognized and meeting their families at the “Outstanding First-Year Student Awards” is probably my favorite part of the job. Well, a pandemic happened and we didn’t get to host our yearly event. But we wanted to do something to recognize their hard work, so we put this virtual awards ceremony together so that they could share their achievements with their families, friends, and loved ones. Continue reading
Teaching Students Critical Inquiry and Civic Engagement
In Fall 2020, we will pilot a scaffolded arc assignment taught in English and First-Year Seminar learning communities. It will focus on the campus newspaper, the Eastern Progress, teaching students critical reading skills in a way that encourages campus engagement. Students will learn about media and information literacy, identify campus issues of personal or public importance, and explore the EKU resources and policies designed help students succeed. At the end of the semester, our goal is for students to engage with an issue they care about by producing media suitable for the campus newspaper. Continue reading
Online Development and Teaching Certification
Given current events, I don’t think I could have picked a better semester to take our 8-week class in “Online Course Development and Teaching.” Thank you to the instructional design staff and media team at Eastern Kentucky University Online. And thanks … Continue reading
My Fall 2019 First-Year Leaders
These four students represent the best of what EKU has to offer. They’re First-Year Leaders—embedded in our first-year seminars to mentor freshmen, organize campus events, and help new students feel like welcome members of the campus community. Aric, Curtis, Jade, and Meredith … Continue reading
The Story of Veterans Studies at EKU
A conversation with Travis Martin, co-founder of EKU’s Veterans Studies Program. The first of its kind in the nation, the program aims to foster understanding among veterans and civilians. Continue reading
Mock College Class at EKU Camino Camp for Latino/Latina Students
Camino Camp is a hands-on look at college life for Latino and Latina high school students. Continue reading
Professional Learning Community: Teaching Disciplinary Ways of Reading
We discussed student learning “bottlenecks,” or “threshold concepts” students have to grasp in order to move into higher levels of understanding. From an educator’s perspective, it’s all about helping students make “mental moves” that allow them to think like an expert in the field. It’s about remembering that you acquired your expertise in stages and being mindful of that fact as you teach students. Continue reading
Thoughts on the Amarillo College “No Excuses” Program
Amarillo College’s “No Excuses” program could become a model replicated across the country. Continue reading
Travis L. Martin 