Caring and Compassion in Teaching: How to Increase Flexibility in Courses While Maintaining Academic Rigor
Start Date
8-18-2021 12:00 AM
Description
It can be difficult for instructors to balance the need for academic rigor and student responsibility with the equally important need for real life challenges that require compassion and flexibility in the classroom. It is important to examine course policies and structure so that they both align with pedagogy and also support student success. This session will discuss changes that were made to a large enrollment, general education online course during the fall of 2020, which resulted in an increase in student success without adjustment to the rigor of the content. Successes and challenges along with accompanying data will be presented and discussed.
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Caring and Compassion in Teaching: How to Increase Flexibility in Courses While Maintaining Academic Rigor
It can be difficult for instructors to balance the need for academic rigor and student responsibility with the equally important need for real life challenges that require compassion and flexibility in the classroom. It is important to examine course policies and structure so that they both align with pedagogy and also support student success. This session will discuss changes that were made to a large enrollment, general education online course during the fall of 2020, which resulted in an increase in student success without adjustment to the rigor of the content. Successes and challenges along with accompanying data will be presented and discussed.