Extensive evidence indicates that self-regulated learning is associated with crucial academic outcomes and the significant ways digital technologies enhance pedagogical approaches in diverse learning environments in postsecondary education. Despite this evidence, self-regulated learning and digital technologies have not been fully integrated to…

This article presents a case study of a faculty-student mentoring relationship developed within the context of an online clinical doctorate training environment. Recommendations are provided for potential mentors and mentees who may be interested in engaging in a distance-based mentoring relationship but who may not be in an institution/program…

This chapter argues that the challenge to global education lies in helping students develop critical global citizenship and suggests that the high-impact practice of vocational reflection can change misplaced attitudes toward the purpose of global engagement.

This chapter describes the Integrated Online Team-Based Learning (IO-TBL) model, an online TBL course design which utilizes both asynchronous and synchronous modes of engagement to maximize the benefits of TBL in an online environment. Students' perceptions of the effective and ineffective aspects of the IO-TBL model are also reported.

Design thinking is on the rise as a novel method for creative problem solving in healthcare professional programs. This article will focus on implementation of the concepts of design thinking in the classroom, its utility in pharmacy education, and the advantages it provides from both the faculty and students' perspectives within the…

Growth mindset is an important psychological factor for effective instruction. This chapter discusses how mindset affects learning and achievement, offering a wealth of tools that can help students and instructors understand and utilize a growth mindset.

This chapter reviews research on the effectiveness of clear and organized teaching and presents evidence that students often perceive clarity and organization differently from instructors, leading to recommendations for instructors and administrators to more fully realize the benefits of this good practice.

Place-based education has the capacity to extend the learning community beyond the parameters of the university and to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous, domestic, and international students into the public space and onto the local landscape. By intentionally using place-based and intercultural pedagogy, this paper draws on student reflections…

Using the TBC, we compared students' and teachers' perceptions of excellent teaching in different disciplines at a private university in Colombia. Faculty and students in all fields rated being respectful and being a good communicator as the two most important qualities of excellent teachers. Differences in students' and faculty's perceptions…

This chapter discusses the higher education system in Germany and presents findings on the use of the Teacher Behavior Checklist to examine those qualities and corresponding behaviors that German university students identified in ideal teachers.

We discuss Chinese students' assessment of key qualities of excellent teaching based on a study of master teaching using the Teacher Behavior Checklist. Although male and female students agreed on several qualities, we also found several interesting gender differences in students' perceptions of the qualities that constitute master teaching.

Four TBC studies investigating faculty and student perceptions of the qualities of excellent teachers yielded consistent results, although student responses revealed a greater range of qualities. Students included more items from the caring and supportive subscale whereas faculty tended to focus more on items from the professional competency…

We studied Brazilian faculty and psychology undergraduates' perspectives on excellent teaching using the Teacher Behavior Checklist. In two studies, we found that students and teachers showed strong agreement with those TBC items relevant to developing a profile of excellent teachers and that students valued some qualities more than others in…

This chapter proposes supplementing traditional assessment strategies with innovative and authentic ways to evaluate students' performance on intended learning outcomes.

This chapter describes how photography can inspire and cultivate sociological mindfulness. One set of assignments uses self-portraiture to highlight the complexity of visual representations of social identity. Another uses photography to guide sociological inquiry. Both sets of assignments draw on the Literacy Through Photography methodology,…