When I first began teaching online courses, I did so with a fair amount of uncertainty and trepidation. Could I replicate in a digital environment what I believed was essential for an in-person course ...

This post originally appeared on the Teacher Beat blog. The developers of a new performance-based teacher-licensing test have a clear message for states that want to use it: Set the passing bar high, ...

Associate Professor of Geosciences Sara Pruss believes “there is no one right way to be an excellent teacher.” Truly good teaching, Pruss says, is about embracing “who you are in the classroom” and ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can we use goal-setting with our students? Research, and the practical experience of many educators, suggest that encouraging students to set their own goals can ...

The preparation of teachers in higher education is often built on two pillars: design and pedagogy. The first pillar, course design, covers the formulation of outcomes, the ways in which the outcomes ...

No matter what our job or skill set, teaching creates a fuller life. As teachers, we are specifically set up to do good, helping people increase their knowledge and expand their appreciation of life.