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Teaching Videos

Brief and pithy videos from your colleagues to help you become an inclusive, confident, competent educator at the University of Portland.

Recent Additions

Visit the Hybrid & Online Learning Basecamp to access videos recorded over the summer on a variety of technology topics, including Moodle basics, quizzes, Proctorio for digital proctoring, extra time accommodations, discussion forums, attendance, asynchronous adaptive learning, Techsmith Knowmia for Instructional Media and more!

TeachUP Videos

Thanks to an IGNITE grant, funded by the Office of the Provost, the Teaching and Learning Collaborative created the following short videos. Taught by accomplished teachers from all over campus, each is 7-10 minutes long and addresses a topic identified by colleagues as high-value in anyone’s teaching repertoire.

Reflections on Teaching Online - Naveen Gudigantala
How Can I Teach Everyone Who Shows Up? - Yuri Hernandez Osorio and Eduardo Contreras
How Do I Choose Truly Useful Educational Technology? - Eric Anctil
How Can I Teach Students to Read in My Discipline? - Ellyn Arwood
How Do I Know If My Students Are Learning? - Terry Favero
What Should I Know About Late Adolescent Learners? - Brenda Greiner
How Can I Help Students Get More Out of Group Assignments? - Naveen Gudigantala
What Are Strategies For Writing in ANY Discipline? - Molly Hiro
How Do I Use "Backward Design” to Increase Learning in Lessons? - Julie Kalnin
How Do I Create an Inclusive, Engaging Classroom? - Jeff Kerssen-Griep
How Do I Create and Lead Invigorating Class Discussions? - David Turnbloom
What Course Design Principles Foster Learning? - Jeffrey White

The JOY of Teaching

The following brief videos detail incorporating virtues such as courage and integrity into STEM courses, in ways that are portable to any teaching context. The work was supported by a grant from ACCU/Collegium for a project called The JOY of Teaching.