Teaching - Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Ungrading: A 3x3x3 reflection

Ungrading is gaining traction in K12 and higher education. Here's what I learned from a recent edited volume on this concept.

Technology

How to add captions to videos (including different languages)

I avoided captioning videos for a long time out of sheer laziness, but it turns out it's not that hard with the right workflow.

Flipped learning

My video creation workflow for 2021

For almost 10 years, I've used and tweaked a peculiar workflow for making videos that balances quality with time requirements.

Academia

How to write learning objectives

Writing clear, measurable learning objectives for lesson seems simple; it isn't. Here are some steps that can make it easier.

Academia

The semester that was, Part 2: A 3x3x3 reflection on Modern Algebra

Another 3x3x3 reflection on my Winter courses, this time my Modern Algebra class.

Academia

Is flipping an online course possible? (Throwback)

A throwback post from 2015, wrestling with the possibility of flipped learning in an online setting.

Education

Rebooting the final exam

Traditional final exams are so pre-pandemic. Here are some ideas for what to do instead.

Education

Double-flipped learning: What is it, and does it work?

A new article presents the concept of "double flipped learning" and tries it out in a calculus class. How did it go?

Course design

What I learned from an open-technology policy in my classes

In the fall, I instituted an open-technology policy in all my classes. I'm not going back.

Academia

Clients, not customers

Students are not customers but rather clients, involved with us in a creative process which involves the students in a fundamental way.

Academia

How do you get students to buy in to self-teaching?

How do you get students to accept and work within a framework that stresses self-teaching?

Academia

In defense of teaching yourself the material

It's time for colleges and universities to stop apologizing for having students teach themselves things.

Academia

Committing to communication

There's a simple potential solution to the problem of student "workload" that isn't about reducing the number of assignments we give.

Academia

Flipped learning and post-pandemic higher education

Flipped learning is the right model for where higher education currently is, and is headed once the pandemic is over.

Mathematics

Four things I used to think about calculus, and what I’ve replaced them with

Throwback to a 2009 article on changing conceptions of Calculus teaching -- with updates for 2021.

Academia

Three more things that the workload dilemma might really be about

Here's three more things that we might actually be talking about, when we talk about "workload".

Academia

Three things that the workload dilemma might really be about

What do we mean when we talk about students' workload these days? It may not be about actual workload.

Active learning

My home teaching software and workflows

A rundown of the software and workflows I use for online teaching.

Active learning

My home teaching studio setup (and why it's so cheap)

You don't need to spend $21,000 to have an excellent home teaching studio if you shift the focus to active learning.

Academia

Blue pants on Tuesday

How can we in higher education push greater adoption of active learning without steamrolling academic freedom?

Active learning

Active learning as an ethical issue

Is active learning a pedagogical choice or an ethical imperative? (From 2015.)

Active learning

How not to do active learning

A short list of 25 ways to teach using active learning but without the empathy.

Academia

Empathy in teaching

Empathy is possibly the most important facet of good teaching and the weakest link in current college teaching practice.

Academia

Building Modern Algebra: The grading system

In this post in a series on building my Modern Algebra course, I get into the grading system and the role of mastery grading.

Academia

When courage isn't enough

Sometimes good teaching takes more than just courage.