Incorporating Technology to Provide Students with “Baby Step” Skill Development Practice
By Sara Folta, Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition It was an ongoing issue that bothered me – students were
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Difficult Dialogues and Hot Moments in the Classroom
Over the past three years, CELT has engaged with Tufts faculty on the topics of diversity, inclusive excellence, and difficult
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Creating Epic Finales or Limping Across the Finish Line
By Annie Soisson, Associate Director, CELT One of the things we all struggle with is how to end our courses.
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Interdisciplinary Student Collaboration Yields Great Benefits
By Alicia Russell (Associate Director, CELT) with Ron Lasser (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering), Peggy Morris (Lecturer, Occupational Therapy) and
Read moreHow to Get Students to Read Your Syllabus
By Alicia Russell, Associate Director, CELT Much has been written about how to write an effective syllabus. But how do
Read moreBringing Field Studies to Life in an Online Course
By Justin Lauzon, Sr. Educational Technology Specialist, Tufts Technology Services Associate Professor George Ellmore is well known around campus for
Read moreHow to Make Lectures More Effective
Recently, a faculty book group co-sponsored by CELT and TUSDM Educational Technology discussed Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
Read moreThe Benefits of Mindfulness in the Classroom (especially during stressful times)
By Deborah Donahue-Keegan, Lecturer, Department of Education The end of a semester is always stressful. As faculty, many of us
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How can we get students to learn more from tests?
By Annie Soisson, Associate Director, CELT The Large Lecture Consortium, a group of Tufts faculty who teach large enrollment courses,
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The Ideal of the Common: The Importance of Perspective and Diversity in Students’ Intellectual Development
By Allison Guenthner, Graduate Assistant and Annie Soisson, Associate Director, CELT In this year’s spring teaching conference keynote address, Dr.
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