by Mike Meyer, Director of the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning
Michigan Tech instructors need to make the most of every minute. The good news is that a tremendous number of free teaching resources are available to us, so that – increasingly – we don’t have to “reinvent the wheel.” Each week of this fall semester, I’ll showcase one of my favorite online (free!) teaching resources, in hopes that you’ll find some things that increase learning and save you time. If you have favorite resources, I encourage you to bring them to my attention so I can share them with the instructional community as well.
This week’s resource is Merlot Elixr’s “Goals for the First Day of Class”.
This “case story” is a series of short videos showcasing essential practices for the first day of class and a plethora of ideas to really get the semester started right. Snippets from a wide variety of disciplines are included, but the general themes (Motivation, Framing, Expectations, Assessment, Climate, and Administration) are generically useful as you plan your first day.
If you’d like to talk more about your first day, or about any aspect of your teaching, feel free to stop by the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning in the Van Pelt and Opie Library, Suite 219!