Session Overview:In this session, Colgate faculty members share their experiences in addressing academic dishonesty in the remote environment. The discussion explores the perceived increase in academic dishonesty during the past couple of semesters, as well as adjustments to assessment approaches…
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…
Distracted Minds: Your Classroom Can Be a Retreat in Dark Times
In a recent post in the Chronicle of Higher Education, James Lang offers an encouraging message about the ways in which faculty members can create a course environment that values attention and counters the many distractions of this traumatic year.…
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…
