Philip Preville is an award-winning journalist and a former Canadian Journalism Fellow at Massey College at the University of Toronto. He’s currently a member of the Professional Advisory Council with the Department of English at Ryerson University.
Active Learning, Innovation in Teaching, Student Engagement
Whether you’re new to teaching or a tenured educator, these five steps will help you create the most effective active learning environment…
No one is immune to impostor syndrome’s effects, and millennials, faced with constant comparisons to friends’ accomplishments on social…
In this abridged extract from our new e-book, The Professor’s Guide to Agile Teaching, we look at a pair of professors who broke down and…
Postsecondary educators, who often view their work as a vocation, are experiencing previously unseen levels of occupational stress. This…
Agile Classroom, Guest Lecture, Trends in Higher Education
Top Hat is the active learning platform that makes it easy for professors to engage students and build comprehension before, during and…
Learn how to effectively choose and use clickers in the classroom, and gain tactical insights from professors who have put them to work to…
Co-editor of Inside Higher Ed says that people mainly focus on the 'free' aspect of Open Educational Resources, but often forget about its…
Video: Cal Poly’s Laura Freberg on the value of constantly looking for opportunities to learn and grow
Video: Washington State University’s Leslie Sprunger helps veterinary students behave professionally by using peer assessment
Video: Florida Atlantic University’s Burcu Karabina on helping liberal arts students overcome their fear of math
Video: SUNY Buffalo’s Troy Wood on mining his classroom response system for information, and using it to become a better teacher
Video: UConn’s John Redden on how to make large classrooms more intimate, for students and professors alike
One answer to making sure students actually buy and read their textbooks before class is to write it yourself. And if that's not enough,…
Agile Classroom, Faculty Development
There is a metaphor that postsecondary educators fall back upon when talking about a well-worn course: it’s like a house. Sometimes it…
“The level of engagement in your students and your classrooms is not fixed. Yes, students will arrive in your classroom with varying…
Jasmine Roberts, a professor of communications at The Ohio State University, has a story to tell about how she ended up adopting open…
Jenel Cavazos and Greg Kitzmiller agree: if there’s one classroom tactic that’s effective at personalizing the student experience in…
If you want to become a better educator, the first step is to embrace a growth mindset. We expect it of our students, so we should expect it…
The world seems to revolve around the Millennial generation. But Generation Z is serious-minded, success-focused and steeped in technology…
Typical letters and grade-point averages don’t convey what students actually learn: the knowledge they gain or the skills they develop
