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Flower Darby is an associate director of the Teaching Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class modes to include, welcome, and support all students. Having taught in higher education for more than 26 years in English, technology, leadership, dance, and Pilates, Darby enjoys applying learning science across the disciplines and helping others do the same. She’s the author, with James M. Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes (2019). Her new book project is on emotion science and teaching with technology.
Last Updated: 2-02-2023

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  • How Can I Use Technology to Foster the Emotional Processing of Course Content?
    • How Can I Use Technology to Foster the Emotional Processing of Course Content?

    • How Can I Use Technology to Foster the Emotional Processing of Course Content?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • It is becoming more and more important to actively stimulate and engage the emotional responses of students to help them learn deeply and meaningfully. The intentional application of technology can capture an interaction with the content to develop students emotional responses to content which in turn, fosters deeper understanding and learning of important concepts and ideas.
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  • What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My Classroom?
  • How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?
    • How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?

    • How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Recent research shows that emotions have a strong impact on cognition. Instead of excluding emotion from the classroom, instructors would do well to acknowledge and take advantage of the impact emotions have on students ability to learn new material. Drawing on a proposed addition of Emotional Presence to the Community of Inquiry Framework, examine why and how emotions can increase learning and retention.
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  • What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?
  • How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the Classroom?
  • How Can I Create a Platform for Difficult Conversations in the Online Classroom?
  • What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class?
  • Beyond Syllabus Policies: What Strategies Help Students Take Responsibility for Learning?
  • How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?
    • How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?

    • How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you've taught before? Where do you start? Often, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. What most of us need is a strategic, instructionally sound set of steps to help guide our decision-making. This 20-Minute Mentor provides just that, a four-step model considering the big picture goals, major content areas, calendar implications, and assessments.
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  • How Can Preparing to Teach Online Improve My Face-to-face Teaching?
  • Is Coaching a Good Fit for My Faculty Development Program?
  • How Do I Move from Mentoring to Coaching in Faculty Development?