By Timothy Bussey This is the fourth and final post by PhD candidate Timothy Bussey on inclusive teaching and curriculum for LGBTQIA+ students. The following interview was conducted with a diverse group of UConn undergraduate students, who are all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These students were selected based upon their high level of achievement […]
Eliciting the Unheard Voices in Class with Alternative Forms of Participation
This is our second post in a five-part series on harnessing technology to engage students and advance their learning. Upcoming posts will focus on using video recordings to provide feedback and increase student metacognition, enhanced use of PowerPoints to drive student learning, and practical information on flipping the classroom and recording lectures. By Emma Bjorngard-Basayne […]
Using @Twitter in the Classroom
By Marc Reyes Articles about scholars using Twitter typically ask if you should bring the social networking platform into the classroom. The more appropriate question is how you should use Twitter in your course. If the last few years have taught us anything about the ever-changing social media landscape, it’s that Twitter is a force […]
Designing Your Quant Course with LGBTQ Diversity
By Timothy Bussey After some discussions about my most recent post for this blog, there was some interest in how I was planning to incorporate LGBTQ diversity into a course, POLS 2072Q: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science. In this post, I’ll discuss three major points to consider when designing your quantitative course, though it should be […]
President’s Series on Teaching Excellence 4/25
4/25 The President’s Series on Teaching Excellence The President’s Series on Teaching Excellence Great Universities have Great Teachers and the University of Connecticut is blessed with more than its fair share. The President’s series on Teaching Excellence is designed to provide a forum to facilitate discussion and reflection on the journey from good teaching to […]
15 Minutes with a UConn Prof: Andy Ballantine
This is the second interview in our series, 15 minutes with a UConn Prof (see our first with Dr. John Redden), that captures the accumulated wisdom of our instructors. In this interview, Dr. Andy Ballantine discusses the importance of instructor enthusiasm, relevant material, and the still-pertinent but increasingly-passé lecture. What are some ways that you’ve […]
Information Literacy in the Age of Fake News and Alt-Facts
By Lisa Blansett, Associate Director of First-Year Writing, UConn and Donovan Reinwald, Instructional Librarian, HBL, UConn Being able to find out more about a topic, issue, or event is always a challenge, but when the facts may not be facts, that job is that much more difficult. Conversations about whether facts are facts can get […]
The Case for Making LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curricular Decisions
By Timothy Bussey If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll notice that I focus on the overarching trend of LGBTQIA+ support and inclusion in higher education. In my first post for this blog, I discussed the rather broad topic of how to support LGBTQIA+ diversity in your college classroom. I’m going to follow-up with that […]
15 Minutes with a UConn Prof: Dr. John Redden
In our new series, 15 Minutes with A UConn Prof, we tap into the teaching insights and tips of UConn instructors in hopes of creating a collective wisdom on college instruction. How have your ideas of teaching changed over time? I think one of the the biggest transformations that I made in my teaching was really […]
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Diversity in Your College Classroom
As an instructor of record for the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program here at the University of Connecticut, a great deal of my work in the classroom centers itself within conversations about privilege and marginalization, especially as they pertain to persons of diverse genders and sexualities. Through some conversations with colleagues and friends (both […]