I’ve just wrapped up my third year as an assistant professor. Can you believe it? I almost can’t. I work at William Peace University in Raleigh, NC. We’re in the heart of downtown; campus is a gorgeous tree-filled oasis. It’s a small school; about 800 students, which was the size of my high school. Over the last few years, I’ve had some good and some less than desirable experiences. I thought I would take a moment to reflect on my time at WPU thus far and generate a list of pros and cons of working at a small, private liberal arts university.
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The last year here at the Novice Professor has been a difficult one. We've experienced a lot of upheaval in our personal and academic lives. While we are still in the midst of a pandemic that seems to have no clear end in sight, we are forging ahead as best we can and hope that the new academic year can bring some much needed focus. One of the ways we are refocusing our love of teaching and blogging about it is by introducing a new project, Course Studies. To introduce you to this project, I talked with our regular contributor Dr. Bob DuBois about where the idea came from and what you can expect from this new thing! We hope that you enjoy listening and we can't wait to share our first episode with you. -Ciara Kidder Most people have heard about the IQ test. Its popularity makes it an easy example for statistics classes. However, measuring something as vast as intelligence is difficult. In this post, I talk about how a podcast episode about intelligence testing can be used as an example of statistics and research methods in the real world. Privilege is something that can be hard to see especially for those who are privileged. One way it can be concretely demonstrated is through a mobile making activity from Lawrence (1998). I was able to be a participant in this activity at a workshop held by Dr. Viji Sathy (If you’re ever able to attend one of her workshops, I highly recommend!). The activity goes something like this: Each group (4 or 5 people max) gets a bag with supplies and they are tasked with creating a mobile surrounding some theme. The catch is that not all the groups have the same supplies creating different social classes or privilege statuses.
Guest Contributor: Dr. Brock Schludecker To recap, yesterday we started a Q&A with Brock about Psy.D. programs. We’re back today to wrap up this question session.
Guest Contributor: Dr. Brock Schludecker Don’t know about you, but recently some of my students have expressed an interest in entering into a Psy.D. program after graduation. Of course, I (Jen) think that’s great, but I have little to no information to give them on these types of programs as I earned a Ph.D. Then one day I suddenly remembered that I do know someone who earned a Psy.D.! Enter in Dr. Brock Schludecker. I reached out to him and he graciously offered to answer my student’s questions about Psy.D. programs. I learned a lot from his responses, and I thought others would too!
As I wrap up another semester of online teaching with success rates at or near 100%, I decided to share the things I do that matter most to student learning and success. My hope is that this dispels any myth that teaching online is easy. Just as with learner success, teaching success is the result of deliberate effort, wise strategies, and help seeking. Backwards DesignThe following are critical, minimum expectations for a high-quality online course:
As I wrap up another semester of online teaching with success rates at or near 100%, I decided to share the things I do that matter most to student learning and success. My hope is that this dispels any myth that teaching online is easy. Just as with learner success, teaching success is the result of deliberate effort, wise strategies, and help seeking. Course ManagementThe following are critical, minimum expectations for a high-quality online course:
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