Center for Excellence in TeachingChallenging discussions 7: Evaluation of efforts
Methods of evaluating the effectiveness of academic discussions and increasing their impact on students.
Resources: Discussion
Challenging discussions 6: Managing upset
Strategies for addressing students who become upset during academic discussions
Challenging discussions 5: Lead a challenging discussion
Techniques for leading academic discussions, including defining terms, including all voices, and warning signs that a discussion is becoming challenging.
Challenging discussions 4: Plan a challenging discussion
Strategies for planning class discussions, including a positive class atmosphere, discussion norms, grading discussions, and acceptable sources of information.
Challenging discussions 3: Speaking about race and gender
Strategies to consider when discussing topics such as race and gender in classes.
Challenging discussions 2: Inclusive course design
Inclusivity considerations when designing courses and syllabi, including discussions about controversial topics.
Netiquette considerations
“Netiquette” or “internet etiquette,” describes the recommended communication and behavior of online communication. Having a netiquette policy for your course can help minimize the chances of miscommunication and perceived disrespect.
Strategic questioning techniques for discussion
A guide on how to use the strategic questioning process and strategic questions, with sample questions for each step of the process, for class discussions that may become challenging because they touch on personal or social change.
Creating and facilitating communities of practice
A video by Tatiana Yevguenievna Akishina describing how to create and facilitate communities of practice in schools.
Using Google Suite tools
A video demonstration by Artineh Samkian on ways to incorporate Google Suite into your course design and teaching.