I have long been fascinated by the role of the teacher. Perhaps, this is because my teachers were so influential in my life, starting with my fourth-grade teacher and continuing through high school. During my undergraduate educational training to become a teacher, what we knew about how learning occ...

Just recently, I came across an article presenting the results of a survey about learning and teaching satisfaction since moving on-campus education online.  The survey included responses from over 4200 students and about 500 faculty in higher education. Due to the sudden shift to online learning in...

The concept of self-care has gotten a lot of attention lately, given the new requirement added to the ARC accreditation standards. Although the standard speaks to teaching it to our students, I believe it is also a call for us to revisit it for ourselves. As clinicians, how many times did we decide ...

In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of considering synchronous and asynchronous approaches to teaching this fall (see link below).  Like any other method of teaching – no one method is best. The role of the teacher is to know which method or approach is best given the course content ...

What? Really?  I suspect a good many of you have heard about learning styles. Probably from your days as a student. I even bet some of you know what your "learning style" is. Visual, auditory, or kinesthetic. I am totally there with you. Many years ago, during my undergraduate training in education ...

With many courses continuing to be taught online, a key question to consider as you are planning is whether to deliver content via live streaming such as Zoom or to let the students work on the content material individually. I am sure many of you have learned some of the online educational jargon, s...

It is evident now most PA faculty will be teaching all or part of their courses online this Fall. This reality means we will continue to work from home, so here are some suggestions for ways to stay productive and sane!

1. Semester-monthly and weekly goals

Planning and setting goals or target task...

As many of you are now planning to teach your fall courses online, here are two evidence-based tips to consider that are grounded in what we know from neurobiology about how the brain learns best.

1. Keep ‘em short by chunking. From neurobiology and cognitive psychology, we know that short term work
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We constantly hear about the importance of assessment and evaluation. These are ways in which we can determine whether our students have learned what we needed them to learn. Many times, these terms are used interchangeably. But the reality is there is actually a difference.

Assessment refers to th...

Even with over 30 years of teaching experience, I sit here wondering how all of this will turn out. I reflect on the challenges being faced for teachers and learners all over the globe, and the impact this will truly have. But, I am also trying to stay present in the here and now. 

As teachers, we ...