Information and Updates
Popcorn & Pedagogy Oct 25, 12:30 pm HL 186
Coulter Faculty Commons High Impact Practice (HIP) Educational Development Program: Popcorn & Pedagogy HIP focus:...
“Feeling Seen and Appreciated”: Student Feedback Preferences
Guest Bloggers: Candy Noltensmeyer and Lisa BloomFeedback is an integral part of the learning process. Many studies have...
Writing Observable and Measurable Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help us identify and clarify the end point or destination of a learning experience. If we don't know...
Small Teaching: Interleaving
3rd post of 9 in the Small Teaching SeriesSmall Teaching by J.M. Lang presents methods for making small changes in your...
Small Teaching: Predicting
2nd post of 9 in the Small Teaching Series Small Teaching by J.M. Lang presents methods for making small changes in your...
Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL)
It's BACK!! The Summer Institute of Teaching & Learning is back after a two year COVID hiatus. We will gather together...
CFC now accepting applications for 3 faculty fellowships for AY 22-23
CFC Faculty Fellows We are excited to announce that the Coulter Faculty Commons is seeking applications and nominations for...
Small Teaching: Retrieving
Small Teaching by J.M. Lang presents methods for making small changes in your teaching practices (hence the name) that can...
Humanizing Your Online Course
Part 2 of the Inclusive Pedagogy Series I started teaching online in 2003 for a for-profit institution. It was two years...
Faculty Embracing Inclusive Pedagogy at WCU
Part 1 of the Inclusive Teaching Series The 2nd Annual Teaching and Learning Day event, sponsored by the Office of the...
Supporting Students in Challenging Times: Trauma, Grace and Two Freshman Classes
I think we can all agree that the last couple of years have been tough for educators. The sudden shift to online...
Prevent Burnout with Self-care Strategies
– Part 1 in the 2022 Teaching & Learning Day Series On January 21st, the Coulter Faculty Commons hosted the 2nd Annual...
Staying in Touch with Your Students – Communicating Through the Gradebook
By John Hawes, Educational Developer and Jonathan Wade, Senior Educational Technologist There are nearly countless ways to...
Prevent Burnout with Self-Care Strategies
Join us for our 2nd Annual Teaching & Learning Day. We will meet from 1 - 3:30 to discuss strategies faculty can use...
Getting the Most out of the Gradebook and SpeedGrader in Canvas
What’s Different about the Canvas Gradebook? The Gradebook in Canvas and the Grade Center in Blackboard are similar in...
From Coulter Faculty Commons to You
Angela Fulk, Amy Davis, Brad Lewis, CK Chen, Daniel Shields, Eli Collins-Brown, Emilee Hicks, John Hawes, Jonathan Wade,...
Designing an Inclusive Survey
Designing an inclusive survey Inclusive design is an approach to better serve people from diverse backgrounds and in...
To Flip or Not to Flip? That is the Question.
Whether you call it inverted instruction, classroom flipping, or some other term, the concept behind this kind of...
Halting Plagiarism before it Starts: Teaching Strategies
In a previous blog post, I made a brief case for not using plagiarism detection software. I also argued that we could...
Plagiarism as Pedagogical Question
Think back to a piece of writing you produced that makes you proud. It could be an academic article, a grant proposal, a...
The 2021 Last Lecture
The 2021 LAST LECTURE – Dr. Candy Noltensmeyer, Communication Department WCU students vote to determine the...
New Canvas Features for October 2021
Canvas New Features October 2021 Canvas provides updates to the platform every month without disruption to service. Some of...
Classroom Discussion – Planning Tips for Online, On-Ground, and New Faculty
Looking for some new ideas for classroom discussion? Seeking an idea for an online discussion? What about a guide for...
Fall 2021 Update on Course Storage
Digital Storage for Teaching and Learning at WCU What you need to know: As an instructor, your 'teaching' Canvas courses...
Group Assignments – Are they worth the hassle?
Having students work in groups is an effective teaching strategy. It gives students the opportunity to practice formulating...