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I work in higher education, and a few days ago I saw the Chronicle of Higher Education interactive story “How Many Black Women Have Tenure on Your Campus?” Since I’ve done some data analysis with the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data Set, I thought I would reprise this idea focusing specifically on Assistant Professors on the …
One thing that you may note as a potential challenge is the lack of due dates for any link. Links cannot accommodate due dates or to-do dates. This is something I've adapted to in my own teaching practice today. Instead of using direct links to videos I want students to watch or websites to visit, …
Students like modules, if not just as the homepage (Fox 2021). Think of the module as a chunk of your class. This post will show you how to set up a clear module list, so that students can access the content easily without you having to link to a lot of individual pages and assignments. …
The Importance of Clarity in Your Canvas Course Students value clarity above many other things, especially when taking an online course. Your Canvas site is their portal to your course, and to the work they must complete to satisfy the objectives. It is important to think of your Canvas course from the student's perspective, and …
During our first class in MICA's Data Analytics and Visualization class, we learned a lot about different forms of visualization--this is my project for our photographic visualization week. The idea behind it is to inform a wide urban audience about the phenomenon of language death, which is unfortunately only increasing with each year that passes. …
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Today I’m going to go over the basics of Zoom for those Marymount University faculty who are interested in or curious about using it for online teaching. I’m going to try not to talk too much, but I do want to walk you through the features, settings, and options before we try a group meeting. …
This year at our Teaching Toolbox, I'll be leading a breakout session on using Wikipedia in the classroom, and hosting a lunch discussion on writing across the curriculum. Breakout Session: Wikipedia in the Classroom The goal with the Wikipedia in the Classroom session is both to debunk some myths about Wikipedia and introduce some more …
In my tutorial today on the postcolonial novel and theory, we'll discuss The Empire Writes Back and the chapter on "Re-Placing the Text," in conjunction with the first part of Achebe's Things Fall Apart and, if we have time, Yeats' "The Second Coming": William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) THE SECOND COMING Turning and turning in the …
Tonya Howe 