Keynote address at the 12th Annual Teaching Practices Colloquium at Thompson Rivers University, February 15, 2016

1. Towards a New Culture of
Sharing
@ThatPsychProf
Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.

2. "France in 2000 year (XXI century). Future school." by Jean Marc Cote is in the Public Domain

3. "'Pour Up' 1|8" by Jordan Miller | Propagandaphoto.net is licensed under CC BY 2.0

4. "firestarter of champions" by Peter Woodman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

5. For the correct analogy for the mind
is not a vessel that needs filling,
but wood that needs igniting
— no more —
and then it motivates one
towards originality
and instills the desire for truth
—Plutarch

6. "Heavenly Fire Fighting" by Stuart Rankin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

8. "More?" by Alan Levine is licensed under CC BY 2.0

9. "Ellis Hall Active Learning Classroom" by Queen's University is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

11. "Prisoner's Dilemma" by Giulia Forsythe is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

12. "Old gas station in the living ghost town of Chloride, Arizona" by Kevin Cole is licensed under CC BY 2.0

13. "Learning Commons Studying & Social Space" by Matheson Learning Commons is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

14. "$100 and a splash" by frankieleon is licensed under CC BY 2.0

15. "reinventing the wheel" by Crispin Semmens is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Te Rehunga water wheel" by J J is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 "Guillotine" by The Tedster is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

16. What is your 4-word
teaching philosophy?

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19. Professor-student rapport is the largest
predictor of student ratings of instructors
(Richmond et al., 2015)

20. Professor-student
rapport
Learning alliance
• Collaborative bond
• Teacher
competency
• Student
investment
Course
performance

21. Buskist & Saville (2001)
• Learn their names
• Learn about their
interests and aspirations
• Create and use personally
relevant class examples
• Explain your policies
• Keep regular office hours
• Increase your virtual
accessibility
• Emphasize active learning
• Encourage and reinforce
participation
• Arrive early and stay late
(to chat)
• Be enthusiastic
• Use humour
• Be respectful
• Smile!

22. My request to students:
Book and attend an informal (10min) office hour
meeting during the first 3 weeks of the semester
Incentive:
1% bonus credit
Goals:
Icebreaking
Familiarity with my office hours
Ability to tailor class examples

23. Result:
Stronger rapport
Stronger collaborative bond
Stronger teacher competency
Stronger student investment
Higher midterm grades

24. How do you build
rapport in your
classroom?
Share a practical technique with a person seated next to you

26. intelligent-skillful-industrious-warm-determined-practical-cautious
vs.
intelligent-skillful-industrious-cold-determined-practical-cautious
"Professor John Frink, Jr. vs. Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (266/365)" by JD Hancock is licensed under CC BY 2.0

28. "02.365/ Double Potions" by Joel Elias Photography is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

29. What course policies would
you be comfortable
negotiating with your
students?

30. "Functionalities of LMS" by Sandra Schön is licensed under CC BY 2.0

31. Bb

32. https://hypothes.is/blog/the-lit-anthology-in-the-age-of-web-annotation/

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39. Briefly share a traditional
assignment that you use
Suggest a way for your partner to
retain the same learning outcomes
while taking it beyond the classroom

41. "Digital Age" by Kris is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

42. "Phonography- walls of knowledge" by Tommy Ellis is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

43. "Please!" by Josh Hallett is licensed under CC BY 2.0

44. "Trust" by Joi Ito is licensed under CC BY 2.0

48. Open
hypotheses
& analysis
plan
Open
research
materials
Open data
Open
source
statistical
software
Open peer
review
Open
publishing
Open
Science
Practices

51. "Evaluation scale" by billsoPHOTO is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

52. "small group work at FIT- 2/2005" by Susan Sermoneta is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

54. Best Practices for Peer Assessment
• Integrate into the
curriculum
• Clear expectations
• Explicit assessment
criteria
• Quality training
• Match participants
• Align type of judgment
with purpose
• Provide sufficient time
• Provide technical
support
• Provide emotional
support
• Evaluate and provide
feedback
• Promote reflection

55. "Walking a Tight Rope" by Harini Calamur is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

56. rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca
@thatpsychprof
Thank you!