Coulter Faculty Commons
Your Partner in Teaching & LearningThe Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC) advances excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by partnering with the Western Carolina University community through collaboration, creation, and celebration.
We partner with all instructors, staff who teach, and graduate student assistants.
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Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
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 after receiving my M.Ed. in Research and Collaboration at TCU where my focus was on online asynchronous learning. I was anxious to apply my...
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 Provost, and facilitated by the Coulter Faculty Commons, provided a space for faculty and staff across campus to learn about the Fellows’ work. 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 teaching in the spring of 2020 was followed by months of uncertainty about the COVID-19 virus, shifting guidelines from the CDC, and politicization of...