Center for Innovative Pedagogy

This article outlines steps toward developing an ethos and reflective practice of inclusivity in the classroom.

Xavier University of Louisiana uses the "deliberative discussion" framework in a public speaking class to facilitate community conversations about current political issues.

A provocative essay with interesting ideas about the way we organize our time. Do current students have the active listening skills which the author seems to assume, and if not, are we doing enough to help them build those skills?

This article reviews the benefits of experiential learning and highlights some ways that colleges can make such experiences successful and available to underrespresented students.

As this profile of a tech-savvy French teacher shows, finding a way to bring a passion project into the classroom can create a more authentic experience for both professors and students.

Teachers at different levels have built bracket-style activities to add some variety to their courses and tap into student's enthusiasm for their home teams.

Some potentially interesting implications here for the way we use example objects, visualizations and illustrations when presenting information.

"The simple thing is to always be trying something new; novelty is really important to learning and to motivation"

Good tips for structuring peer review exercises so that they provide the feedback (and builde skills at attentive reading) which students need.

Interesting stuff in this article, from managing what can seem like a torrent of feedback, to thinking about the ways that different people respond to the same comments, to the metacognitive exercise of thinking about your own reactions. It's also worth noting that these tips come from a book that's not just for students - and the techniques might be useful for faculty and staff too.

Inside Higher Ed has compiled a free booklet of articles on digital accessibility in higher education.

An overview of Google's resources and recommendations for accessibility in their most commonly used services.

Peter Rutkoff reflects on his Deweyan philosophy of teaching and the way it is enacted in community-based learning in an article for the GLCA/GLAA Consortium for Teaching and Learning.

Some goals and appropriate technological tools for designing a first year experience.

One way students used storyboards to improve presentation posters.

This article focuses on the digital literacy gains from wikipedia assignments, and they can help improve the quality of materials available on the web.

This article presents some ideas for improving the social media experience of academics.

This article analyzes the shift toward quantitative courses among students at liberal arts colleges.

This article promotes two teaching strategies that cognitive psychology research has shown to be effective: spaced practice, which brings students back to the same topics periodically throughout a course, and retrieval practice, which uses quizzes and class discussions to reinforce study.

This essay describes the need to make room for moral complexity in the college classroom and the potential to engage students with ethical questions across the curriculum.