Dear Faculty, Now that we are several weeks into the semester, let us revisit James Lang’s article from the prior newsletter and dive deeper into curiosity. Curiosity is “a strong desire to know or learn something.” This wonderful summary describes our role in educating our students at UMass Dartmouth. As you will read and hear…
Strong First Days: Why are they important to students?
“What I started to notice was that the coaches who paid attention to these little things, and focused on small fundamentals, tended to do a lot better than the teams that didn’t.” –James M. Lang Dear Faculty, Welcome back to the spring semester! We hope this newsletter offers you some tips for a successful…
Micro-lectures
“Providing information in both audio and visual formats can just make it easier for students to process and retain information.”–Tolu Noah Dear Faculty, We have almost made it to the end of the fall 2024 term! We recognize that over the next few weeks, you will be focusing on finishing grading, meeting with students, and…