CyberSlate

Welcome to CyberSlate

This is the homepage of

Seminar in Mass Communication Teaching (MMC 6930)

in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida

Being an effective teacher takes more than knowing the subject material and finding a good textbook. Good teaching requires skills in course design, structuring in-class activities and out-of-class assignments, developing tests, utilizing new technology, being aware of diversity in the classroom, and much more.

Certainly we all learn about what works and doesn't work through trial and error as we teach. However, quite a bit of research is available about effective teaching that can help us be more reflective about our teaching and provide us with guidelines and educational frameworks to follow.

Seminar in Mass Communication Teaching is designed to help graduate students be more effective in their teaching -- as teaching assistants and as college and university faculty members. The course is taught by Dr. Julie E. Dodd .

Students in the course select an aspect of mass communication teaching to research and then teach to the class. Class presentations are videotaped and critiqued by class members.

Through CyberSlate, the class members are sharing some of what they've learned about teaching and some resources for improving teaching. We hope this information will help you in your teaching.

Teaching Topics

Distance Education: A Planning Guide - Saravudh Anantachart

Developing Out-of-Class Assignments - Michele Bush

Assessing Student Writing - Josh Camire

Community College Teaching - Katie Freedman

Preparing Students for Communication Careers - James Geason

Designing and Evaluating Group Projects - Alyse Gotthoffer

Higher Education in the Digital Age - Debi Gross

Student Assessment of Teaching - Tom Kelleher

International Awareness for Communications Teachers - Craig Mandelbaum

Active Learning - Janis Mara

Technology Uses in Teaching - Karen Meisenheimer