Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable.

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Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 203

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For reasons I won’t belabor, my teaching stunk. During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. There sure is!

Course Evaluations 121

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 121

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For reasons I won’t belabor, my teaching stunk. During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. There sure is!

Course Evaluations 109

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 109

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2017

Recent episodes include “How to Approach Your Teaching Like a Master Chef,” and “Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Special Ed Students.” The Teach Better Podcast Doug McKee, a senior lecturer ad Cornell University, and Edward O’Neill, a freelance instructional, designer have been sitting down to talk teaching since 2015.

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Education Ethics Teaching Evaluations Lecturing 155