Delta College Reading Across Disciplines RAD

10/10/2022

Do you currently teach online (or plan to do so in an upcoming semester) and want to incorporate research-based principles from the science of learning into your course? Join our upcoming virtual book group! We'll also touch on strategies for engaging students in reading, no matter what your discipline!

05/05/2021

Do you have students who would make great peer educators? Reach out and refer them to us!

01/13/2021

Interested in engaging students through active learning, writing-to-learn, and relationship building in video class sessions? Register for tonight's 7 pm webinar, "Cameras on?...Or Off: Engaging Students Through Conversation, Writing-to-Learn, and Relationship-Building in Remote Learning" with Troy Hicks and Kristen Turner. https://tinyurl.com/cameraonoroff

08/23/2020

Want to encourage students to read your textbook or coursepacks? We can work with you to develop materials, activities, and assignments that will reinforce discipline-specific reading strategies and assist students in becoming more effective readers. Contact us for a consultation, and help us help your students!

08/09/2020

Here are some tips for making content accessible for a neurodiverse audience.

05/23/2020

Culturally responsive teaching is a powerful way to help students become independent learners, and it can be especially valuable during distance learning.

04/23/2020

I'm sure many of us can relate.

At the end of March, our team at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, along with our colleagues at the Collaborative for Social Emotional and ...

03/14/2020

Here's a list of companies offering free educational resources for online instruction. Let us know if there are any (of these or others) that you recommend!

03/14/2020

Many of you are in the process migrating instruction and assignments online (for courses that were initially face-to-face), which is an incredible challenge. Here's a webinar with tips on how to successfully make that transition.

Note: Although the "Managing Teams" webinar may not be entirely relevant, I'm still including it for those who may be interested.

02/17/2020

I encourage my tutors to consider the action of writing as much as the product of writing . . .

01/02/2020

Any recommendations?

12/23/2019

How do you scaffold students' thinking in your discipline?

A change in a prompt can influence how a student responds thinks. A study found that using a problem-based curriculum can help students develop their own hypotheses and take risks — all signs of deeper-level learning.