TLC Resources
Teaching and Learning Continues (TLC) Resources
Faculty Affairs inboxes are filling with opportunities, reports, and articles. We suspect yours are, too. This is a repository of the opportunities that are not “one time only” and do not charge a fee for use. To use the resource, select a topic from the drop down menu below, search for something specific, or view all.
Holding Class on Zoom? Beware of These Hacks, Hijinks and Hazards
How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
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Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic. Here’s how it worked.
How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Learning
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New survey documents how professors view this spring’s mass move to virtual courses. Key findings: most used new teaching methods, half lowered their expectations for the volume of student work — and a third for its quality.
Keep on Partnering
Leading Our Classes Through Times of Crisis with Engagement and PEACE
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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has caused a fast and radical shift across colleges and universities to remote and online teaching models. As such, our face-to-face courses have been taken out of the physical classroom and thrust into virtual domains. While many instructors are fluent and may prefer online teaching practices, others are struggling to rapidly expand their skill sets and become fluent in technologies they have never, or perhaps only briefly, explored.
Lower Your Expectations, And Other Parenting Advice for the Era of COVID-19
Open Access Education Research Articles Relevant to COVID-19 (labeled as resource for journalists although academic articles)
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The American Educational Research Association has created a compilation of open access AERA-published journal articles that may be useful as you and your colleagues cover COVID-19 related education and higher education issues.
These peer-reviewed research articles are available through open access links on this AERA webpage. They are grouped by the following topics:
- Online/Distance/Digital Learning
- Overview
- Impact/Efficacy/Outcomes
- Engagement
- Math
- Reading/Literacy
- Games
- Equity in and Access to Online Learning/Technology
- Online Teaching/Professional Development
- Trauma-Informed Practices
The articles are pulled from AERA’s seven peer-reviewed journals and include all relevant content published since 2000.
Reimagining Strategy in Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: A Triage Tool
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EXCERPT: The COVID-19 crisis and the accompanying social and economic changes that have emerged (and will continue to emerge) stand to reorder community priorities and fundamentally reshape the work of community institutions and initiatives. In this chaotic time, community leaders must begin to reorient themselves to the new reality and make choices about what’s needed and what’s possible going forward. Reorienting is not a simple matter; it’s an iterative process. In this post, I am sharing a tool I created to help leaders begin or refine that process.
Supporting Faculty During & After COVID-19: Don’t let go of equity
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Aspire Alliance’s Research Team is excited to announce a new resource for institutions to support equitable hiring and retention and promotion practices during and after the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19 has upended life across the globe including U.S. institutions of higher education. The report highlights institutional responses to faculty concerns, outlines distinct challenges to supporting faculty equitably, and provides thoughtful suggestions with a focus on equitable practices. Aspire, an NSF-INCLUDES Alliance, supports systemic change to develop a more inclusive and diverse STEM Faculty. Learn more about Aspire at http://www.AspireAlliance.org.
Supporting First Generation Students Amid COVID-19
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Supporting first-generation students in this turbulent time is more challenging than ever before. There are no established best practices for addressing the diverse needs of first-generation students as institutions make decisions related to the pandemic. Understanding their unique needs and creating awareness of potential technology access gaps, among other issues, is crucial to maintaining equality for your student body.
Teaching About an Outbreak in Real Time
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Kim Mix, a professor of biological sciences, describes the challenges of educating students about the coronavirus when the imbalance between rapid-fire news and vetted scientific information has created a dangerous infodemic.
Teaching Practices for Your Virtual Classroom
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Now that many in-person courses are moving to virtual learning environments, you may begin facilitating live, video-based sessions with your students. Learn the essential steps to follow when you plan and facilitate live sessions for these virtual classes.
THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC: EDUCATOR RESOURCE
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The 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic was one of the deadliest in history, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide and killing upwards of fifty million people. Occurring against and worsened by the global movements of World War I, the pandemic added to the devastation felt by communities worldwide.
Time to Pull Together
Visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum Virtually
What 4 Years in Solitary Confinement Taught Me About Surviving Isolation
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What can years of solitary confinement teach us about how to cope with social distancing? Shaka Senghor, WKKF Community Leadership Network alumni fellow, shares eight tips he learned from his experience in prison that turn the pain of isolation into a transformative experience of “enlightenment, creativity and higher learning.” From meditation to visioning and cooking, Senghor offers flickers of hope in the darkest of times.
What I Am Learning About My Students During an Impossible Semester
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Excerpt: On the first day of the spring semester, which now seems a lifetime away, I handed out index cards and asked students to respond to the usual suite of getting-to-know-you questions: name, hometown, major. But this time I also tried something new — I asked them to write a short paragraph about their own academic values and strengths.
When your students are hungry and homeless: the crucial role of faculty
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Wright, S., Haskett, M. E., & Anderson, J. (2020). When your students are hungry and homeless: the crucial role of faculty. Communication Education, 69(2), 260–267. doi:10.1080/03634523.2020.1724310
Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure
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Excerpt: Among my academic colleagues and friends, I have observed a common response to the continuing Covid-19 crisis. They are fighting valiantly for a sense of normalcy — hustling to move courses online, maintaining strict writing schedules, creating Montessori schools at their kitchen tables. They hope to buckle down for a short stint until things get back to normal. I wish anyone who pursues that path the very best of luck and health.
