Create an Environment for Listening

This tiny 3-minute read of a post packs NINE practical tips into a few paragraphs... and they're tried and true, guaranteed to bring at least one new voice to the table in your discussions.

For help with engaging your learners, email helpdesk@uah.edu ATTN: Instructional Design Meeting Request and we'll be happy to schedule a consultation with you!

"I'm listening" by Melvin Gaal (Mindsharing.eu) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Radical Eyes for Equity: Moving from “All Students Must” to “Each Student Deserves”

If we think carefully about decoding and direct instruction in phonics and phonemic awareness, teachers will face a wide diversity of students in any class in terms of where they are in their reading development; in short, there simply is no situation where “all students must” serves students well.

Literacy is not simple, and literacy development is not linear, sequential, or systematic.

For example, most people do not accumulate vocabulary in order to be able to read, but develop their vocabulary by reading.

Read more from Radical Eyes for Equity: Moving from “All Students Must” to “Each Student Deserves.”

(Thanks to Stephen Downes for the heads up!)

Hearing our Learners

This video, ‘Ask Me:’ What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know, from a completely different source nonetheless pairs well with light read How to Become an Empathetic Listener, both great insights into the hearts and minds of our learners.