Inclusive Pedagogy… Accessible and Inclusive Digital and Print Communication 14 Jan 202514 Jan 2025 Resources curated by the Washington College Diversity Committee.
Inclusive Pedagogy… Annotating Our Syllabus 9 Jan 202515 Jan 2025 In the introductory materials and conversations we share with students in the opening days of our courses--call it our "syllabus" for shorthand--how are we introducing students into the course? That's…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Early Assessments, Scaffolding Assignments, and Pacing 7 Oct 20247 Oct 2024 Inclusive Practices to Support Student Success & Retention For the past several years, the Cromwell CTL has sponsored book clubs and workshops that focus on inclusive pedagogy. Some of our…
Resources Back to School Advice 15 Aug 202416 Aug 2024 Advice Guides from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Back to school Every fall we like to remind readers that The Chronicle offers a host of free advice guides written by teaching experts…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Supporting Our Community During the Election 5 Aug 20246 Aug 2024 As we look ahead to fall semester, the 2024 presidential election looms large. While many college courses do not engage electoral politics directly, the election will certainly affect our campus…
Innovation… Is There an Algorithm for Teaching Reading? 30 Jul 2024 Beth McMurtrie, a senior writer at the Chronicle of Higher Ed who focuses on teaching, initiated a lively conversation this summer about the problem of student reading: "Is This the…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Retrieval Practice: Remembering Student Names 10 Jan 202410 Jan 2024 An inspired teaching tip for remembering student names on the first day of class and across the first couple weeks. This comes from the learning science and memory scholar, Dr.…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Midterm Check: Supporting Growth 2 Oct 202324 Oct 2023 As we approach the mid-point of the semester, is it too late to make changes? Not if we approach teaching and learning with a growth mindset in which change (for…
Resources… Finding the Right Journal for Your Teaching and Learning Article 7 Sep 20238 Sep 2023 Are you looking for the right journal for a teaching and learning article you are working on (or dreaming about)? Below are three resources that can help you better understand…
News… Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work 31 Aug 2023 In the news.... This post by our World Languages and Cultures colleagues David Hull, Nicole Grewling, and Martin Ponti, and former colleague Kitty Maynard, was published in Faculty Focus. Read…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Student Mental Health: Reminders for a New School Year 9 Aug 202315 Aug 2023 In January 2023, the Cromwell CTL co-sponsored a retreat about engagement and disengagement on campus and how we might readjust to college learning in this particular moment. One of our…
Innovation… AI Will Be Returning for its Sophomore Year 9 Jun 20239 Jun 2023 Post by Sean Meehan, Co-Director, Cromwell CTL and Director of Writing Amidst the predictions that emerged with the explosion of generative AI tools into education this year, many have assumed…
Resources… Resources: Learning about Machine Learning 20 Jan 202330 Aug 2023 A collection of resources and further reading related to our Spring 2023 Innovation/Education series: Learning about Machine Learning. Articles "Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach" (NYTimes,…
Resources Resources: Adjusting to College Learning in 2023 16 Jan 202325 May 2023 Faculty and staff at colleges and universities across the U.S. have noticed recent changes in students' relationship to campus life and learning. The causes are complex, partly attributable to COVID-19-related…
Resources… Considering the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 22 Oct 20227 Nov 2022 The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) designates an important category of faculty scholarship that focuses on inquiry into teaching and student learning, both within individual disciplines and fields as…
