Jan 08
Chancellor Carey, in light of the historic events of January 6th, has asked UAS’s CELT team for programs that focus on a couple of key areas of our current lives. My FLC today will touch on the impacts of social media, while next week we will talk about “difficult conversations.” My hope is that these …
Sep 25
The UAS Sitka campus Title III Complete to Compete grant program has a series of Zoom seminars for job seekers. They are for new college graduates, current college students, or anyone considering a job change or looking for work. The presenter of the first eight is Deborah Rydman, Career Services Coordinator/VA School Certifying Official for the University …
Aug 28
There are many ways to help students succeed. Some examples would be week to week consistency within your Blackboard site, using cues to highlight essential elements of each lesson, and chunking material into smaller bite size pieces. Review Button Today I wanted to show you a tool to help students stay organized in Blackboard, especially …
Mar 23
Hi everyone. I am writing this FLC with my son in mind. He is a first year Doctoral student at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut. His degree program is percussion performance, and his instruments are housed at the school. He left for Spring Break with a plan for what he was going …
Mar 06
Here in Sitka we do a lot of Online Teaching. The video below is from Michael Wesch, a faculty member at Kansas State University, who made the jump from face-to-face teaching to online teaching. He has ten tips for online teaching, which you can watch in the video below. Even those of you that have …
Jan 31
What does it take to be a great teacher? And how do we measure greatness in education? Although Azul Terronez is not a University professor, he has been asking these questions for many years. Watch his 15 minute Ted Talk and hear his insights! So, let’s summarize some of his points. “Great teachers eat apples.” …
Jan 24
Are students just out of High School more tech savvy than older, non-traditional students? Many have this perception! Young students may have grown up with technology, but do they know the technology we use in our on-line classes? Blackboard, Adobe Presenter, VoiceThread, even PowerPoint can become challenging if the student has never used it before. …
Jan 10
Students can have a hard time with the pressure of University studies. This is important for you, as a Faculty member to know, because you have immediate contact with students. Anxiety can cause students to miss class as they become overwhelmed by the many challenges they face. Sometimes anxiety is triggered by a number of …
Sep 06
In a face to face situation, instructor presence is easy …. you’re right there with your students, but when teaching online this can be tougher, unless you are thinking about it and making sure you are present to students. One of the major reasons why students drop out of online courses is that they feel …
Mar 02
As we look at student needs, it is important to remember that we grow through diversity, and every student has an important contribution to make. Title IX policy’s are in place to protect students from discrimination, but we shouldn’t follow these policies because they’re the rule, we should follow them because it is absolutely the …
