In my experience, there has been one question that has commonly frustrated faculty, including me. It happens when a hand goes up after an hour of lecture, and the question is, "Is this going to be on the test?" It is hard not to feel defeated when all students seem interested in knowing what is...

As PA educators, I believe it is important to have a finger of the pulse of what is happening in higher education because it directly or indirectly affects us. I also appreciate that trying to keep up with everything education as a faculty member is challenging, in addition to keeping up with...

A few years back, I wrote a piece on the effectiveness of lectures as a teaching tool.  I decided to revisit this topic to see what is in the educational literature now. Previously, there were a lot of negative judgments about lectures, fueled by a study that defined a "learning pyramid"...

Student course evaluations are a reality we cannot avoid, although some of us would like to.  The reality is that while these evaluations are necessary, they are not without their challenges.  For most of us, they trigger emotional reactions.  When we get negative comments about...

I recently read an interesting article that prompted me to address what the author wrote about.  Dr. Donald A. Saucier, a professor at Kansas University, put a voice to something I know I experience, and I am sure many of you do as well.  We are all hitting that challenging time...

Two high school teachers introduced the flipped classroom approach in 2007.  They started recording and posting their lectures online to accommodate students who missed class.  This evolved into the flipped classroom approach, where what is usually done in class is now done outside of...

I can't tell you how often I have said to students; they need to be in a study group. I suspect you have too.

I recently read an interesting New York Times Bestseller book by Susan Cain titled "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking." The focus of this book was to...

It seems to me these days that many of us are still finding our way back to fully in-person teaching.  The pandemic has forever changed what we do in education, both for the positive and the negative.  The issue that seems to be generating quite a bit of angst across faculty in higher...

AI (artificial intelligence).  We all (sort of) knew it was coming.  Well, it has arrived and created quite a stir within education.  If you haven’t heard about ChatGPT, you need to explore it and perhaps have discussions at the program and institutional level about what this...

As another year comes to a close, it seems like a good time to revisit the concept that we hear about so much: work-life balance.  Many of you were likely drawn to your position in education because of the promise of or perceived notion that working in education would provide the work-life...