Short Videos to Simplify Your Life as a College Instructor
During the past few weeks, I’ve been a student in an online faculty development course to prepare myself to teach an upcoming International Business Communication class.
The course focuses on global learning, but much of the material discusses the basics that college instructors need to know (and potentially share with their students) about simplifying the classroom experience- for everyone.
Below are some videos that I plan on sharing with my students next term through a Course Announcement. They may not be the most entertaining 5 minutes of your life, but I think they might do a better job of letting students know what teachers are looking for.
For those of you that feel like you’re completely misunderstood by your students, or constantly repeating yourself via email or announcement, go ahead and copy and paste these links to your students instead!
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy- Do students ever misunderstand you when you ask to see connections between the material and real life in their assignments, rather than regurgitation? Bloom’s Taxonomy might help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LZhid-STbo
Authentic Assessment– This video is awesome. This is the perfect video to show when students wonder why you insist they evaluate and create, rather than simply listening to lectures and assigning multiple choice questions for homework.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlHUqHTxgLc
What is a Rubric?– Many students (in my experience) forgo reading the rubric, and instead just read the direction sheet for the assignment. I’m hopeful that this video can finally convince my students of the importance of reading the rubric ahead of time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vEldvPK6rc
5 Reasons to Use a Rubric– One more valuable video that discusses rubrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zrLUM5CWWE
Happy teaching :).