Manor College FEC Newsletter
The Mid-Term Edition (Volume 1, Issue 2)
Mid-Terms Have Arrived and Gone!
Dear Faculty,
We are now just past the Mid-term of the semester. This issue will provide you some resources to use with students for the latter part of the semester and things to consider for the Spring 2020 semester.
Enjoy!
Cherie
Compassion Fatigue
As educators, we are at risk of developing compassion fatigue, especially when working with diverse groups of students and/or students who are struggling with life issues. For some of us as we have advised students during our office hours, we have discovered that our students may be dealing with depression and anxiety, significant issues with family, managing school and work, and multiple issues and trauma. Below is a video that describes how our students' trauma affects us.
Also, this article discusses how trauma affects students and what we can do as professors.
Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntonio
Our Exams Can Be Better
Whether we use the publisher's exams or create our own, it is important that a quality multiple-choice exam is essential to working towards accurately assessing what students know. Although multiple-choice exams should never be the only way we measure student success we can make them better using some of the suggestions found in this article.
Instructional Design: What Type of Adult Learning Theory Are You Using in Your Classroom and Course LMS?
Although I tend to lean towards the work of Piaget, Bandura, and Vygotsky, I also implement aspects of Pavlov and Skinner as well in my course design. Poor instructional design can and will lead to frustration for both the student and faculty member. When we design our courses as well as our Canvas shells, we must make sure it is based on sound adult learning theories. This article provides us with the implications of using three well-known adult learning theories as well as improved our online and hybrid courses as described in this article.
Feedback: Are You Providing Timely Feedback?
The feedback we provide for students is critical to their success. It needs to be timely and meaningful. When students receive feedback long after when the assignment submitted, it decreases the chances that they will be able to use this feedback in future assignments. Here are a few articles on providing students feedback during the semester:
Dr. Cherie Crosby
Professor and Program Director of the Early Childhood Program at Manor College
Email: ccrosby@manor.edu
Website: manor.edu
Location: 700 Fox Chase Road, Elkins Park, PA, United States
Phone: 215-885-2360
Twitter: @cheriecrosby