{"id":6901,"date":"2011-06-27t07:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-27t13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2011-06-17t13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17t19:28:10","slug":"summer-reading-engaging-students-assessing-learning-essays-on-teaching-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/06\/summer-reading-engaging-students-assessing-learning-essays-on-teaching-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"summer reading: engaging students, assessing learning (essays on teaching excellence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6899\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/06\/summer-reading-facilitating-group-discussions-essays-on-teaching-excellence\/4723100792_57ff2447a8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4723100792_57ff2447a8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6899\" title=\"4723100792_57ff2447a8\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>engaging students, assessing learning\u2014just a click away<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>linda c. hodges, loyola university maryland<br \/>\n<\/em><em>the pod network teaching excellence essay series, 2009-10<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> <\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;three ongoing challenges for those of us teaching today\u2019s college students, especially in large lecture classes, are: getting students engaged in their learning, assessing what learning is actually taking place, and competing with students\u2019 technology in keeping their attention.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>this essay focuses on how to use clickers to engage students with class material. you can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/podnetwork.org\/publications\/teachingexcellence\/09-10\/v21_n4_hodges.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">entire article<\/a>, or browse these resources on clickers including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">cft\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/teaching-guides\/technology\/clickers\/\">teaching guide on clickers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/media.wiley.com\/product_data\/excerpt\/30\/04702889\/0470288930.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">first chapter excerpt<\/a> from derek bruff&#8217;s book\u00a0<em>teaching with classroom response systems: creating active learning environments<\/em>, published in 2009 by jossey-bass<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">these cft blog posts:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"permanent link to clickers and the teaching of writing\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/10\/clickers-and-the-teaching-of-writing\/\">clickers and the teaching of writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"permanent link to leveraging student laptops and smart phones \u2013 some resources\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/10\/leveraging-student-laptops-and-smart-phones-some-resources\/\">leveraging student laptops and smart phones \u2013 some resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"permanent link to visual presentations and classroom response systems\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/09\/visual-presentations-and-classroom-response-systems\/\">visual presentations and classroom response systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>essays on teaching excellence\u00a0is a series of eight short and succinct scholarly essays published by the pod network on an annual basis, free of charge. the essays present innovative viewpoints on college and university instruction. written in concise and non-technical language, and supported by research, the essays seek to assist instructors in reflecting upon and refining their practice of teaching to achieve the results they seek &#8211; students learning to the best of their abilities. you can view the archive of these essays on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.podnetwork.org\/publications\/teachingexcellence.htm\"> pod website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>image: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/happydog\/4723100792\/\" target=\"_blank\">reading in the backyard<\/a>,&#8221; pamela barclay, flickr (cc)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>engaging students, assessing learning\u2014just a click away linda c. hodges, loyola university maryland the pod network teaching excellence essay series, 2009-10 &#8220;three ongoing challenges for those of us teaching today\u2019s college students, especially in large lecture classes, are: getting students engaged in their learning, assessing what learning is actually taking place, and competing with students\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":6899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23,145],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153827\/4723100792_57ff2447a8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}