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Creating a Productive Learning Environment

Making the First Day Count

► How to Teach a Good First Day of Class
► Icebreakers for College Students
► First Day of Class Rituals
► Helping Students Who Are Performing Poorly
► Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
► Developing a Growth Mindset
► Growth Mindset for College Students
► Icebreaker Ideas for Students Learning Remotely
► Creating Videos for Your Class
► First Impressions Matter. Make the First Day Count
► Proactive Course Management
► Welcome Message, Announcements, and Icebreakers

Inclusive teaching

► How to Make Teaching More Inclusive
► What About Me? Strategies for Inclusive Teaching
► ACUE's Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Curriculum Crosswalk
► Teaching Generation Z
► Inclusive Moves
► Let's Talk! Discussing Race, Racism, and Other Difficult Topics with Students
► Faculty Focus: Special Report – Diversity and Inclusion in the College Classroom
► The University of Arizona: Diversity and Inclusiveness in the Classroom
► Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the College Classroom
► Creating Inclusive College Classrooms
► Higher Education Today: Campus Climate and Inclusion
► Faculty Focus: Five Ways to Promote a More Inclusive Classroom
► 50 Tips and Tricks to Facilitating a More Inclusive Classroom
► Tomorrow's Professor: Diversity and Inclusion – Put It in the Syllabus
► Dr. Kevin Gannon's Resources for Inclusive Teaching
► Michigan State University: Inclusive Teaching Framework and Strategies
► ACUE Community: Why We're 'Speaking Up' about Inclusive Teaching Strategies
► Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
► How to Create Inclusive Classrooms for All Students
► Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Reflecting on Your Practice
► Faculty Focus: Inclusion by Design – Tool Helps Faculty Examine Their Teaching Practices
► Cultural Anthropology: Teaching Race – On Stereotypes and Privilege
► Research from UTSA Professor Mary McNaughton Cassill on Classroom Incivility vs. Mental Health
► Implicit Bias Training
► Implicit Bias: Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Racisim
► Anti-Racism Resources for Higher Ed
► Teaching with Access and Inclusion
► Supporting Your Students
► Teaching Through Local and National Upheaval
► Gender Pronouns and Teaching
► Inclusive Teaching
► Inclusive Teaching Resources and Strategies

managing the learning environment

► 10 Effective Classroom Management Techniques Every Faculty Member Should Know
► How Not to Lose Control of a Class
► Managing Misbehavior in the College Classroom
► How You Can Help Students in Distress
► How to Find the Power of Dialog Online
► The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies
► What Does the Research Tells Us About Classroom Discussion?
► How to Build a Better Class Discussion
► Classroom Discussions: How to Apply the Right Amount of Structure
► Class Discussion: From Blank Stares to True Engagement
► Getting Students to Discuss by Channeling the Affective Domain
► 2 Minute Teaching Tip: How to Use Note Cards to Create Dialogue
► 2 Minute Teaching Tip: Create Dialogue with a Personal Response System
► Civil Discussions in the Classroom
► Civil Discourse in the Classroom
► Balancing Classroom Civility and Free Speech: Lessons from a History Classroom.
► Tips for Managing Emotional Discussions in the Classroom
► Facilitating Class Discussions and Navigating Difficult Conversations
► Teaching the Art of the Difficult Classroom Conversation
► Seven Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
► Difficult Dialogues
► Let’s Talk! Discussing Race, Racism and Other Difficult Topics with Students
► Conflict Management for Instructors
► Nine Alternatives to Lecturing
► Facilitating Effective Discussions
► Question Strategies