Hub Cap: What Happened This Week in Teaching and Learning

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Teaching Tips

Resisting the mid semester slump

You might have any reason to be slumping towards the break, which starts on the 24th—but who's counting? I have to confess that I’m drowning in what seems to be machine-generated text because this is the first time in the GenAI era that I’ve taught a content-heavy online course. If you are too, please know that you aren’t alone and that this sea change in higher ed teaching is bigger than any one of us.

The tips below could help resist any slump, even ones that aren’t machine-generated!

Overcoming Midsemester Slump List of 10 ideas, mostly for in-person classes, but here is how you might do #8 guest speaker in an online course. Let’s all do #1 which is be transparent with our students about the slump.
Using Oral Exams to Connect with your Students I started using oral exams to foster connection during the earliest days of the pandemic but it is keeping me afloat in this other big sea change in teaching. Low stakes oral exams, or interviews, allow instructors to build trust with students.
Mid-Semester Reflection: Setting Yourself Up to Finish the Semester Strong A simple reflection prompt for you to consider what worked well in the first half of the semester and what adjustments you might make.
7 Ways to Manage Midterm Stress Share with your student to remind them of these study and organizing techniques. Stress and poor time management are linked to student misconduct.

Events

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Wed, Feb. 21st, 11:45am-1:15pm

2021 CASL (Dean's Office Conference Room)

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Mon, March 11th, 11:00am-12:00pm

GenAI Workshop (virtual)

An opportunity to reflect and connect about GenAI and Teaching in Spring 2024

DigPed, 1pm Today!

Drowning in machine-generated text like me? Excited about AI in teaching? Either way, come to the DigPed learning community to think it through with your colleagues.

Friday, February 16th 1:00pm-2:00pm

Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94828977883?pwd=aTkrMkJmL3dGSjdNdUJOSzg4RklmZz09

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