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Teaching Excellence

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Teaching Excellence

The pages here are designed to provide tips and support for planning and assessing a wide array of programmatic and course-specific student-centered learning experiences.

Online Teaching

The resources for teaching remotely presented here are chosen for brevity of study and for tips that can be immediately applied;  most contain links to learn more information.

Student Engagement

These pages provide help with fostering active learning and student engagement, including  teaching tips, techniques, and articles, as well as professional literature in the LTC print book collection.

Course Organization

These pages provide help with managing various aspects of your class.  Tips from Highline faculty and links to other resources are provided.

Course Design

Find information on design elements such as transparent assignments, backward design, and copyright information.

Assessing our Teaching

The resources here help us think about our students and our course content.  Which students are learning well, and which are not? How much (and which aspects) of the course content are students learning well?

Inclusive Pedagogy

The resources presented here offer ideas, reflective activities, and tips for culturally responsive teaching.

Supports for Students

The resources presented here highlight a variety of ways to help students during COVID-19 and remote teaching.

Supports for Teachers

The pages here are designed to provide a variety of support for mental health, caring for yourself and others, and balancing home and work commitments.