Reflective Teaching Practice & IDEA

We believe in our faculty’s ability for continued growth. ATL supports several opportunities for self-assessment, reflection, and iterative improvement, any of which can be incorporated into your reflective teaching practice.

What Is Reflective Practice?

Reflection as a teaching practice involves regular and cyclical processes that take into account insights gained from self-assessment, peer feedback, and student perspectives in coordination with expanding our knowledge on teaching and learning.

Strategies & Techniques

Aligning IDEA to Your Objectives

Make the most of this opportunity to gather informative student feedback by identifying the objectives that are most important for you.

Incorporating Student Feedback

Checking in with your students during the term can provide valuable information for the making in-term adjustments and for future changes.

Interpreting IDEA Results

Make the most of this opportunity to hear from our students through the customized questions on the IDEA tool and thoughtful interpretation of the results.

Optional IDEA Question Bank

Customize your IDEA with these optional questions that ask specifically about students’ experiences with online learning. Contact Sean Krueger (skrueger@uri.edu) about customizing IDEA.

Peer Observation

Review our recommendations and resources for a preparing, conducting, and building from a peer observation. Several examples and tools are available.

Starting a Reflective Practice

Establishing a reflective practice is as individual as each person. Consider the benefits of a reflective practice, hear from other faculty, and determine your first or next step in reflecting on your teaching practice.

Deeper Dives

Deeper dives provide opportunities for reflection and transformation around a specific topic for faculty to adapt, implement, and assess evidence-based strategies in their courses. Events include self-paced “courses”, high-impact seminars, faculty institutes, and other special programs. Like any focused experience, these provide gains dependent upon the time and introspection given to them. The times for self-paced courses are a broad estimate.

Facilitated Mid-Semester Feedback

HIT Seminar alumni can request a faciliated mid-semester feedback session with your students.

Teaching Journals Directory

Kennesaw State University's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning maintains a list of external disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

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ATL staff are available for 1:1 meetings to consider how these strategies and techniques can be incorporated into your class.

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