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  In this episode, UIW professor of philosophy Paul Lewis discusses creating thought-provoking assignments.  Noting that university courses have many goals ranging from information transfer to encouraging the practice of thinking, Lew...

In this episode, Lucretia Fraga talks about how to build courses where students   engage with content and collaborate with each other --and where instructors can have an ongoing sense of students'  progress. She also shares some wisdo...

Dr. Shaylon Rettig, UIW's medical director, points out that uncertainty is an important cause of stress.  So even though the COVID pandemic seems to be easing, it still brings uncertainty--and stress--to our lives.  Dr. Rettig suggest...

LinkedInLearning is a collection of16,000  expert tutorials on  a wide variety of topics, what might be called "an academic YouTube."  Terry Peak, an instructional designer, and Ron Washington, an associate profession in the HEB ...

Deepti, Kharod, an assistant professor in the Dreeben School of Education, discusses the many dimensions of play.  While her scholarship emphasizes the benefits of play for young children, here Dr . Kharod stresses its benefits in our teac...

Allison, McWilliams, an Assistant Vice President at Wake Forest University, discusses mentoring.  Since these relationships have been around since the days of the Ancient Greeks, the term mentoring has  a rich range of meanings. ...

In his interview, chemistry professor Brian McBurnett discusses the importance of personal relationships in learning.  He describes  strategies for helping students  relate to their classmates, their instructors, and the content....