This post is an entry for Part III of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. The bad news: data suggests that colleges and counseling centers are finding increasing needs for mental health services in ways that stretch capacity and create concern about a…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: The most common mental health issues
This post is an entry for Part II of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. So you want to know more? Good. Developing an understanding of mental health may help you not only confront and address acute mental health concerns that students (or…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Education and training opportunities
This post is an entry for Part II of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. Just how flexible should we be in classrooms and in our academic work for students seem to be struggling with mental health concerns? This type of question came…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Setting boundaries – balancing challenge and support
Tips for Untethered Lecture Capture Rookies At a recent TLC brownbag session, 4 faculty members from 4 disciplines shared tips for getting started with “Untethered Lecture Capture,” a tool for using an iPad or tablet to show slides and annotate them in real time during class, while moving around the room. They offered these tips…Continue Reading Tips for Untethered Lecture Capture Rookies
Considering a tutoring approach for working with students during office hours The Learning Commons at the University of Portland has made strides in professionalizing our tutors through training. Our syllabus includes 11 hours of live face-to-face training modules. In our training, trainees learn how the tutoring cycle provides structure for our tutoring sessions. As a faculty…Continue Reading The Tutoring Cycle as a Tool for Active Learning