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What are universities really for and why does it matter now?
A review of Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities, University of Regina Press, 2026.
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Teaching in a world of bleakness
Instructors have the opportunity to provide students with empathy, context and skills to manage our current context.
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Designing a pathway through our post-pandemic teaching challenges
How to support the teaching mission at your institution.
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What I really teach
University studies provide long-term life skills that employers value: critical thinking, creativity, adaptability and self-regulation.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 3: from learning outcomes to assignments
How to design assignments that meet your learning outcomes needs while paying attention to student workloads as well as your own.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 2: course learning materials
How to select course learning materials, including reading lists, that meet your learning outcomes needs while paying attention to student workloads and diversity.
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Five days to a well-designed syllabus: introducing the syllabus design boot camp
Day 1 walks you through creating the template and establishing your learning outcomes.
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What teaching issues we need to think about as we transition back to in-person learning
Getting students back to pre-COVID-19 standards will be a delicate act.
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AI is here to help postsecondary educators (not take over)
Using careful planning and refinement, artificial intelligence can be a valuable teaching aid for both profs and students.
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How to be a good host for guest speakers in your class
Instructors need to acknowledge that introducing students to a broader range of expertise requires care, preparation and active facilitation.
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Is philosophy having a moment?
Enrollment in philosophy programs and courses are on the rise recently. The discipline is being seen by young people as a tool to understand their world and help change it.
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The new normal on campus
Moving to online delivery of programs and services forced universities to be creative. Here are some of the initiatives they’ll keep as we return to campus in person this fall.
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Transferrable skills are a byproduct, not the point, of a university education
A professor reconciles the push for transferrable skills in university courses with her own reasons for teaching history.
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How lessons learned in delivering courses last year may affect the mode of course delivery this fall
As universities prepare a return to on-campus activities, many are hoping to keep advantages of remote teaching.
