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Lesson Plans for College Courses

Recently, a reader asked me how to prepare for weekly lectures. What a great question, surely one all new adjuncts have asked themselves and others. I responded by suggesting he consider a broader question, how to prepare a lesson… Read More

Chemistry Learning Game

Science courses can be difficult subject to teach, but instructors can make it a bet easier for college students to learn by using teaching aids.  I stumbled across one for you chemistry teachers to share with your students. You don’t teach… Read More

Student Engagement Techniques

Student engagement doesn’t just happen; you have to make it happen.  Here are some student engagement techniques (SET’s) that you may want to try. Engagement Techniques – A Handbook for College Faculty I have borrowed a few ideas from… Read More

The KHAN ACADEMY and the College Classroom

Find out how the Khan Academy can help you teach and help your students learn. Videos Inside and Outside the Classroom Almost exactly one year ago I wrote an article entitled YouTube and the College Instructor – Engaging Your Students with YouTube… Read More

10 Terrible Mistakes College Teachers Make

Confused about how to teach? The best thing you can do is avoid mistakes. There are 10 Terrible Mistakes College Teachers Make. Learn how to avoid teaching mistakes. Most of the college instructors I have known don’t make these 10… Read More

A College Instructor's Guide to Canceling Class

Are you one of those college instructors who never seem to have enough time? You have so much material you want to cover and so little time. Then it happens – no class! You must cancel class. Maybe you are ill. Maybe you were called out of… Read More

The Best College Teaching Book Ever

As you may know, one reason I created this website, and the more spartan College Teaching Tips website, was to serve as a launching pad for writing a book or two.  I really need to move forward on this.  Below, you will find some introductory… Read More

Acting and Learning in the College Classroom

You can help your students learn through acting, just one of the many creative instructional techniques you can use in the college classroom.  Of course, we are not talking about performing Hamlet in a Calculus class.  Shakespeare does not… Read More

More on Engaging College Students

Two dozen tips for engaging college students. As I mentioned in my previous article, I did a self-assessment by looking through the 88 articles I had posted as of October 10th to see how well I have addressed this issue. I identified 24 articles… Read More

How to Engage College Students

Two dozen tips for engaging college students. I was thinking about my promise to help you engage their students. It is right there under the “Look familiar?” picture on the left sidebar. I did a self-assessment by looking… Read More