Zoom has and continues to shape classroom interactions…in ways we may have come to appreciate as well as in ways we certainly dread. Yet we all have to acknowledge that it is not going away anytime soon. Finding ways to…
Supporting Students’ Mental Well-Being
A recent article from Inside Higher Ed, shares information from a survey conducted that explored ways the pandemic has had a negative impact on students’ academics, mental health and sense of the future (see Survey: Pandemic Hurt Students, but They…
Making Remote Class Sessions More Accessible
Fully remote and hybrid class environments can certainly present challenges in terms of clear communication and interactions. Otter.ai is a voice transcription technology that integrates with Zoom, and generates a live transcript, as well as an audio recording and a…
Resources for Building Community
Our teaching and our students’ learning benefit from a feeling of community in our classrooms. The sooner that feeling is created the better, but getting there can be difficult when our students are learning remotely, quarantined, and experiencing a mix of…
Tips for Academic Advisers
The Task Force for Remote Learning thanks you for all that you are doing to support your advisees this term. As we prepare for the Spring semester, it will be helpful for each of us to carefully consider how we…
COVID-19 Teaching Resources LibGuide
Colgate Librarians, in collaboration with faculty members, have created a repository of resources to support teaching about COVID-19. This LibGuide is intended to support the gathering and sharing of information resources pertinent to teaching about many aspects of the pandemic.…
Thinking About Assessment
Post contributed by Eddie Watkins With midterms approaching, many of us are thinking about assessment, and ways we can do so thoughtfully in a mix of remote and in-person settings. We draw your attention to an interesting article on two-stage…
Mid-Term Feedback on Learning
Post contributed from the Center for Learning, Teaching & Research Gathering feedback from students about how a course is going during the middle of the semester is always a good idea, and that will be more true than ever this…