Resources

Hear from our Learning Fellows:

Presentations

NEFDC 2017 presentation: “Learning Fellows: Agents of Change”

Teaching huddles

Our faculty and Learning Fellows operate like a teaching team, where everyone works together to support the student learning in the course. Each week, the faculty, learning fellows, and a course facilitator (learning designer or faculty developer) gather for a “teaching team huddle”. In the huddles, we reflect on challenges and success, discuss teaching strategies, and participate in facilitation and pedagogy activities. Check out our poster from the 2018 Learning Assistants Alliance International Conference.

Who: Professor(s), Learning Fellows, Course Facilitator(s)
What: Reflecting, brainstorming, prepping for the week ahead, and participating in a pedagogy or facilitation activity
When: One hour per week (9 week terms) Learning Fellows Orientation pre-term
Where: Private and confidential space with many many whiteboards and lots and lots of sticky notes
Why: Professors and LFs need customized support with a facilitator (learning designer or faculty developer)

What happens during a huddle?

  • Reflect on personal course/LF challenges
  • Shared challenges brainstorm
  • Feedback on class prep for upcoming week
  • Trying out new class activities
  • Construct mid-course feedback questions
  • Review and integrate mid-course feedback
  • Construct “group reflection survey” reports
  • Share personals wins for the week

Pedagogy Class

Who: DCAL & LDI teaching professionals & learning designers & first-time learning fellows
What: Introduce, discuss, and practice current research and best practices in teaching & learning
When: One hour per week (9 week terms)
Where: DCAL
Why: To train our LF’s to be as effective as possible in the classroom, prepare them for possible teaching in their future careers, & facilitate an instructional team in which both faculty and LF’s understand core aspects of teaching and learning!

Sample Pedagogy and Huddle Topics: