Vawn Himmelsbach

Innovation in Teaching

10 Team Building Activities for Students

Team building isn’t just for the corporate workplace — it can also be used in the classroom to encourage collaboration, problem-solving…

Student Engagement

Ethos, Pathos, Logos: How Rhetoric Can Improve Your Teaching

The three rhetorical appeals — pathos, ethos, logos — were defined by Aristotle hundreds of years ago, but they’re just as relevant…

Education Technology

YouTube in the Classroom: 7 Tips and Best Practices

While YouTube is better known for Taylor Swift and video game commentary than higher education, the video hosting platform has gone from a…

Faculty Development

How To Become a Tenure Track Professor

Looking to get on the tenure track? Here's what you need to plan for, and how to get there

Student Assessment

Curriculum Based Measurement: How To Get Started

While exams are designed to test and score knowledge, they don’t always indicate how well students are progressing through course…

Education Technology

6 Pros & Cons of Technology in the Classroom in 2019

For professors, new technology can be a fantastic opportunity to experiment and grow in realms not originally considered

Agile Classroom

Course Design For Agile Teaching: 5 Ideas To Try

Rote learning has become passé. So has passive teaching. These days, top educators are thinking about being agile and engaging, and…

Student Engagement

How To Motivate Students: Some Different Approaches

It’s an age-old problem faced by teachers: how to motivate students. While research has found a correlation between motivation and…

New to Teaching

Reflective Teaching: Some Tips To Get Started

Some days, students respond well to your lesson; other days you can’t seem to get through. That’s where reflective teaching can help. As…

Education Technology

Educational Technology Grants: Where to Apply and How

Finding out about educational technology grants — especially ones that are relevant to higher education — isn’t as straightforward as…

New to Teaching

How to Become an Adjunct Professor

If you love to teach and have a passion for your industry, you may want to consider part-time work in higher education. Here’s how to…

Education Technology

Experiential Education Provides Deep Learning Opportunities

How experiential education can take place inside the classroom through techniques such as role-playing, simulations and collaborative group…

Active Learning

Self-Regulated Learning: 5 Ways to Add it to Your Class

With so much uncertainty in the job market, self-regulated learning has become an essential skillset for lifelong learning and the ability…

Education Technology

9 Teaching Podcasts to Boost Your Edtech Knowledge

There are tons of resources for educators on everything from new technology to digital pedagogy, teaching strategies and thought leadership…

Education Technology

Should Cellphones Be Allowed in School? Only With a Plan

Should cellphones be allowed in school? College students are going to bring their cellphones to class no matter what you do. As a teacher,…

Trends in Higher Education

Keylogging is the Latest Way of Cheating in College

Professors have always had to contend with cheating in college, but thanks to the growing use of technology in the classroom, students are…

Education Technology

Tips for Finding Good OER Content for Your Course

Instructors are increasingly using Open Educational Resources (OER). But given the wide variety of materials available, how do you judge…

Student Assessment

How Instructors Can Prevent Cheating in College

Long before the existence of the Internet, students have found ways to cheat. They wrote mathematical formulas on their hands or tried to…

Faculty Development

Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery: What Faculty Should Do

In late August and early September, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma wreaked havoc not only on homes and businesses, but on post-secondary…

Educational ROI

Would You Pay $150K for a Journalism Degree?

Columbia’s esteemed journalism school is offering a new degree program that incorporates data science — for a price tag of $147,514. In…