In today's "What We've Learned" video, Matthew Parfitt, one of the authors of Pursuing Happiness, discusses building an online community among students by assigning a shared text and holding discussions across course sections. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, Matthew Parfitt, one of the authors of Pursuing Happiness, reflects on the pace of student discussion in online classes.   ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, Lauren Springer, one of the authors of Science and Technology, discusses the need to shape students' expectations of what online learning entails and how it compares to in person classes.  ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, Lauren Springer, one of the authors of Science and Technology, discusses the strategies she's learned for reaching out and ensuring all students receive the information they need to succeed during the pandemic.    ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, Barclay Barrios (@barclay_barrios), author of Emerging and Intelligence, reflects on the transitions happening in higher education, the permanence of online education, and the opportunities to create an education system that is inclusive and safe for students of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, Barclay Barrios (@barclay_barrios), author of Emerging and Intelligence, discusses the complications of planning for and setting up online classes, and of accounting for factors outside of student or instructor control - such as the weather's effect on internet access.  ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, April Lidinsky (@april_lidinsky), one of the authors of From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader , reflects on instructor support communities, being available for students, and take care of oneself. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned" video, April Lidinsky (@april_lidinsky), one of the authors of From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader, emphasizes the importance of community-building in composition classrooms, and offers strategies for creating a sense of community in synchronous remote classes using Zoom. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Mike Palmquist, author of Bedford Researcher, discusses the benefits of labor-based grading, and how the process of integrating knowledge can lead to a short-term decrease in performance, but a long-term gain for students. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Mike Palmquist, author of Bedford Researcher, reflects on teaching in-person during the pandemic: how he's had to rethink class discussion, group work, and seating, as well as the challenges of parsing student expressions under masks.   ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Erica Duran, one of the authors of Science and Technology, discusses the challenges of motivating students remotely, identifying why students might be struggling, and supporting students through personal challenges by offering understanding, care, and the resources they need. ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Holly Bauer, author of Food Matters, reflects on using shared documents for group annotation, as a way to improve students' understanding and to encourage participation.  ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Samuel Cohen, author of 50 Essays, reflects on ways to make connections with students when teaching online, and how to bring their daily lives into the classroom.  ... View more

In today's "What We've Learned," Elizabeth Losh and Jonathan Alexander, authors of Understanding Rhetoric, discuss how to use Zoom's breakout room feature to give students agency and engagement in remote instruction.   ... View more

Welcome to the first "What We've Learned" video! In these videos, Macmillan authors reflect on the insights, lessons, and tricks they've learned through teaching online, and how their teaching pedagogies have adapted to digital instruction. Here, Elizabeth Losh and Jonathan Alexander, authors of Understanding Rhetoric, discuss making spaces for student writers and the opportunities for student interaction in both synchronous and asynchronous online instruction. ... View more