Why This Topic? Have you ever heard of Kintsugi? This is a Japanese art, where they fix broken or cracked pottery using gold – they …
2021
Peer Evaluations: An Evolving Approach
I wanted students to give constructive evaluations of their peers. Without grades attached, the process wouldn’t gain any momentum, but attaching grades to peer evaluations …
Learning Online, Teaching Online: How My Students Inspired Me to Bring Wellness into the Classroom and Bring My Classroom to Instagram
When the pandemic hit and AUC decided to move classes online, I was terrified. I wasn’t scared of getting COVID-19. I was scared of teaching …
Ten Tips for Teaching with Masks and Physical Distancing Fall 2021
As we embark upon a semester of teaching face-to-face with masks and physical distancing, we wanted to share tips for making this work
How are you keeping your students engaged in the online classes?
Neighbors and Bridges Day (N&B Day) is a professional development day where the ELI faculty share their ideas & resources, learn about professional development opportunities available and inspire each other through different presentations and collaborative activities.
Students can’t, won’t, don’t want to read. We can change that.
One of my favorite short stories, by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, opens with a scene of an enormous drowned man washing up on a beach. After the children play with him and the adults in the village take him in