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To submit a blog proposal or topic to the FDC Teaching Blog, please visit our Submit an Entry page or email us at faculty_development@emich.edu.

As scholars such as Lee Shulman and Parker Palmer have noted, we simply do not talk enough about teaching in the academy. And yet, if the craft of teaching is to improve across the academic enterprise, we need opportunities to learn from each other about how to enhance our practice. We envision the Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center Teaching Blog as a place to do just that.

The Teaching Blog aims to share, with the campus community and beyond, a series of posts focusing on a wide range of teaching issues. This may focus on pedagogical approaches, issues in addressing the challenges that our students face, sharing resources available on campus, or beyond. We intend for this blog to serve as a cornerstone for anything and everything that may be of use to students or faculty. Living in a siloed universe, as most of us do, we have much to learn from others with whom we might not often discuss the challenges and opportunities around teaching and learning.

We invite essays of no more than 1000 words from EMU faculty, staff, students, or anyone who has something to say about teaching and learning, broadly defined. We are particularly interested in publishing contributions from students, reflecting our core belief that students have a critical voice, perhaps the most critical voice, on questions about student learning. For more information about how you can propose or submit a post for our blog, please visit our Submit an Entry page.