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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you are interested in learning more about how a range of professionals in higher education use reflection to improve as teachers and connect more intentionally with students + colleagues, I encourage you to check out the Tips for Teaching Professors podcast! higheredpraxis.substack.com/podcast

Resources, teaching tips, best practices and professional development opportunities for faculty.

The Faculty Lounge: A Conversation with Dr. Janel Seeley

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jul 17

Excited to share my conversation on #criticalreflection with Janel Seeley, about how intentional #dialogue + willingness to be vulnerable can deepen #reflection + build community, esp in today's #highered environment

higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/the-facult...

Explore reflection as dialogue - with colleagues and with students.

Week 5: Looking through multiple lenses

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jun 18

New to #criticalreflection? Start with this overview of Brookfield’s 4 lenses & reflection prompts to guide your uncovering of which lens feels most comfortable, and which is most challenging. #highered
@academic-chatter.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/highered...

Want to understand your teaching more fully? This week introduces a Brookfield's framework of 4 lenses for reflection.

Week 4: What are you assuming?

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jun 10

What assumptions do you have about your #students & your #teaching? 3 simple questions help uncover/address them...
🧠 Why?
🧐 So what?
🔄 What next?
#criticalreflection #highered #facultydevelopment #EdChat @academic-chatter.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/highered...

What beliefs shape your teaching? This week is all about uncovering assumptions about our students, ourselves, and our relationships in the classroom.

The Faculty Lounge: A Conversation with Alden Jones

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jun 9

Want to be a guest on a future episode? I aim to feature scholars/educators who foster #reflection in ways that promote deeper learning, professional development, and long-term impact. I would love to hear from you!

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jun 9

Listen to my conversation w/award-winning author+educator @aldenjones.bsky.social as we explore critical reflection as a classroom tool & a personal and ethical practice.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@thephdplace.bsky.social #HigherEducation #Teaching
@blairpub.bsky.social

Listen now | We talk about what it means to align your teaching with your values, how classroom silence can be a form of self-protection, and why vulnerability might be one of a teacher’s greatest str...

Week 2: What is Critical Reflection?

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · May 27

Critical Reflection, Week 2: Many of us in #education share foundational beliefs about #teaching & #learning - even if we rarely say them out loud, they shape most of our decision-making. What are yours?

@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsku #EDUsky #highered

open.substack.com/pub/highered...

Not all reflection is created equal. Discover how critical reflection goes deeper—and why it matters for meaningful teaching.

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · May 15

After this first one, I'll be saving the podcasts for paid subscribers (and I have a discount code to share!) That said - if cost is an issue and you really want access to the pods, please just drop me a note. :) Happy listening! #professionaldevelopment #PD #podcast
#AcademicChatter #HigherEd

Summer 2025 Series on Crafting a Critically Reflective Practice

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · May 15

Excited-if slightly terrified-to share that I'm dipping my toes into podcasts! This summer, I'll post a podcast each week to accompany my series on developing a critically reflective #teaching practice. @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky #EDUsky open.substack.com/pub/highered...

Welcome to the Podcast!

Summer 2025 Series on Crafting a Critically Reflective Practice

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · May 13

After a busy semester, I’m looking forward to slowing down & thinking intentionally about teaching. Next week, I launch a summer series on critically reflective practice - join me for weekly posts w/resources & a short reflection activity! #highered #facultydevelopment #teaching #criticalreflection

Align your teaching with your core values—one week at a time.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Teaching and Learning – The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Apr 4

...how to assess projects in which students submit a combination of their own work plus AI, and whether getting personalized feedback from AI can help in writing." Learn about the project here: sotl.gmu.edu/ai/

sotl.gmu.edu

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Apr 4

"In Virginia, UVA, George Mason University, and James Madison University are working together to help faculty conduct their own research. Among the topics they are exploring are whether AI can help students with disabilities...

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Apr 4

Our #SoTL collab @georgemasonu.bsky.social #UVA #JMU got a (small) shout-out in the
@chronicle.com of Higher Education this week! Thanks @bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social - we would love to chat anytime ;)
#MasonNation #AI

Reducing Stress through Agency and Autonomy: Community College Student Perspectives on Labor-Based Contract Grading | ncte.org

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Mar 27

🤩 Just published w/ @ncte.org #TETYC "Reducing Stress through Agency and Autonomy: #CommunityCollege #Student Perspectives on Labor-Based Contract Grading"
#highered #fyc #LBCG doi.org/10.58680/tet...

The flexibility of labor-based contract grading allowed students in the study to make strategic, intentional, autonomous choices about the types of labor and products they produced. This strategic dec...

doi.org

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Mar 21

#FridayFragments #whatimreading this week:
📚2 opposing viewpoints re #GenAI and #students
📚3 articles re:impacts @usedgov.bsky.social layoffs on #highered from @chronicle.com @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @snopes.com
#edusky #academicsky

Friday Fragments: March 21st

A couple interesting essays on AI plus a few "'how will USED firings impact higher ed" articles

Tip: Where do online discussions go wrong?

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Mar 13

Reflecting on 5 years of pandemic/"post"-pandemic teaching...and still working on how to make #online discussions feel engaging and worthwhile! Here are my top three challenges facilitating online discussions - what are yours? #teachingonline #highered

And what can we do about it?

Condensing Courses -Adapting to Accelerated Summer Semesters

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hot off the (virtual) presses! So excited to have this
published with @issotl.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Inquiry - thanks to my amazing co-authors and @jessielmoore.bsky.social for her support!
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TL...

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · May 13

Taking a 15-week course and delivering it in a shortened summer semester?
🚫cut content willy-nilly
🚫upload hours of async course lectures
How do you approach the transformation?
higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-summer...

Tip: Summertime Madness

How do I love thee, Canvas...

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Feb 28

🍎Do you use #Canvas? LOVE to get your thoughts on a 3-Q survey! Trying to put together a “here’s all the GREAT things Canvas does” - balanced with “here’s what annoys the heck out of me” perspective.
➡️Survey in the linked post
#highered #facultydevelopment

My current institution is just starting the move to Canvas LMS (yay!) and I’m part of the team working on helping instructors prepare for the transition. Despite knowing this was coming for over a yea...

New Project: Preparing Students and Educators for Ethical AI Integration in Higher Education

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Feb 15

Thrilled to share that our multi-institutional team was awarded a SCHEV grant for a #megaSoTL multi-institutional research/faculty development project about teaching and learning with AI. Subscribe for updates/invites to participate! higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/new-projec...

AI + teaching project will develop educational resources & pedagogical strategies to support ethical integration of AI, informed by interdisciplinary research on AI impacts on teaching and learning.

Tip: So you want grade differently...

Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Nov 3

Changing our relationship to grades and grading is, for me, about rediscovering the joy of teaching. There's little joy in assigning letter grades or numerical scores to student work... #highered #grading higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-so-you...

Alternative grading philosophies aim to make assessment more holistic, equitable, and supportive of student learning and motivation.

Tip: Strategies for Mid-Semester Student Feedback

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Breana @breana13.bsky.social · Oct 19

Tip: Collecting useful #feedback from students mid-semester & thinking about how to make small adjustments to our courses #highered #teaching open.substack.com/pub/highered...

Meaningful feedback during the semester to understand student perspectives and make timely improvements.