After 2 months of shying away and avoiding looking at it, I finally accessed my students‘ course evaluations for Phil 127, the first class I completely taught on my own. The evaluations were …. … very good, what a surprise -.- I personally had the impression that I was doing a good job but hey, […]
I have never been a fan of it: in school, it always felt like a waste of time. In Uni, I barely ever did them, but my professors did and – the quality was… fluctuating, to be diplomatic. But oh, has my mind changed: Big shout out to the OG digital tool: Powerpoint! (Or rather, […]
I gave my class a simple task: go on TikTok, find a video that you would consider „educational“ and share it in the discussion section on canvas. Further, I asked them to be prepared to speak about it in class: What makes it educational to you? I adjusted the discussion in such a way that […]
Herrje, where did the time go? I made it through the first 3 weeks of teaching and besides some early hiccups, it surprisingly has been smooth sailing so far! The class initially started out with 20 students and after some swaps and drops, I have a stable group of 13 students. I am very pleased […]
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