Category: TeAch Tuesdays
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Teaching Strategy Spotlight – PostSecret Writing Project
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Jonas Gardsby, Green Bay Campus, English Department and Writing & Applied Arts About the Professor Jonas Gardsby is in his third year as an Assistant Professor at UWGB. Previously, he completed an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English at the University of Colorado. He earned his PhD in early modern literature at…
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Regular and Substantive Interaction: Why It Matters
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What is Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)? Regular and substantive interaction or RSI is a requirement from the U.S. Department of Education designed to distinguish genuine distance education programs from more passive experiences, such as correspondence courses. The Department of Education describes RSI in its legal definition of “distance education,” but this explanation from Ohio…
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Upgrading Outdated Kaltura Players in Canvas
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If you use Kaltura to embed videos in your Canvas courses, you may have noticed a change in the appearance of the video player for newly embedded videos. Kaltura video embeds created since August 5, 2024, use an updated “v7” player, which offers faster loading times and new features, including a searchable transcript panel, which…
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Resources for Discussing “Thanksgiving” with Your Students
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As we approach fall recess and Thanksgiving Day, it’s important to recognize this holiday’s complicated roots. Many of us, including our students, have been taught an overly simplified or even apocryphal version of the “first Thanksgiving” meal shared between English settlers and Wampanoag natives in 1621. The real story is far more complex, interwoven with…
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Wacky Wednesday: Escape Room Challenge (May 8, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.)
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The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) welcomes faculty and staff to join us for our last Wacky Wednesday of the semester: Escape Room Challenge on May 8 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. This isn’t just any Wacky Wednesday – it is a call to action! Our CATL Team is “locked” in the…