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Provides basic and practical directions, tips, and other insights for teaching in Higher Education. The series is produced primarily for Canisius College faculty, but also may help professors or instructors elsewhere. 

We try to have at least one new episode each month.  You can also find and subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.






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Music Credit: Gunnar Olsen (via YouTube)

Episode 1

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Get a quick list of calendar dates for your course outline using Caleb McDaniel's brilliant "Syllabus Maker."

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Episode 3

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Consider some basic course design principles.

Relevant Links and Resources

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Relevant Links and Resources

COLI Guide to Teaching Online Module 4: Communication & Creation.

Here's some helpful documentation for asynchronous discussion instructions for students.  You may adopt or adapt these to your classes.  

Our D2L Self-Paced Training for Faculty has a video series that shows how to organize, manage, and optimize your asynchronous discussions within D2L.

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Relevant Links and Resources

COLI Guide to Teaching Online Module 4: Communication & Creation.

Here's some helpful documentation for asynchronous discussion instructions for students.  You may adopt or adapt these to your classes.  

Community Standards and Polices at Canisius College.

Some Good Reading

Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online.  Taken from Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad's The Online Teaching Survival Guide.  Among other things, this article includes great basic tips for online asynchronous discussions.

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Episode 11

In this episode, we discusses ways to improve professor feedback on student work.  Make your feedback commentary another great opportunity for students to learn, and help students get the most from it.

Great Sources

Brookhart, Susan.  How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students.  ASCD, 2017.  

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