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The Case for Inclusive Teaching

travisbrown13 — 2025-08-27 21:44:10 UTC

Read this article!

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AY2022-23 End of Year Report

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AY2023-24 End of Year Report

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AY2024-25 End of Year Report

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 20:47:54 UTC

Inclusive Syllabus Helper, Fall 2025

Inclusive Teaching at Pomona

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:01:13 UTC

A draft of a proposed framework for inclusive teaching at Pomona College.

Teaching is an Accommodation.

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:08:44 UTC

An interesting take on teaching and accommodations, the crux being that all teaching on some level is an accommodation. The article contains concrete suggestions and examples of how to be more inclusive in your syllabus and other class materials.

20 Tips and Examples for Inclusive Teaching

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:24:20 UTC

Article gives 20 useful recommendations and examples to be a more inclusive instructor.

3 Teaching Techniques

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:41:07 UTC

The authors of our NFC textbook on a short talking about 3 inclusive teaching techniques.

Why Inclusion?

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:42:45 UTC

A brief encapsulation of the importance of inclusion in the classroom.

Inclusion, Stress, and Learning

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:47:08 UTC

An 8-min video where Neuroscientist Dr. Bruce Perry discusses how exclusion and bias affects the brain and learning.

Teaching Links from CGU

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 21:54:27 UTC

A wealth of information from CGU regarding many aspects of teaching, from AI to course design to diversity statements to promoting student engagement and much more.

12 Tips for Inclusive Teaching

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 22:09:17 UTC

12 useful tips for inclusive teaching. From a medical education perspective, but applicable to most any classroom.

The Center for Teaching and Learning

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-19 22:12:47 UTC

The CTL is an excellent resource for all of your teaching needs!

Mid-Semester Eval Forms

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 16:53:06 UTC

Mid-Semester evaluations are an excellent way to get feedback from your students and adjust your course if needed. Here are a few forms to consider using.

An Overview of Ungrading

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 17:06:44 UTC

A good overview of the topic and process of "ungrading".

Teach more by Grading Less

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 17:09:30 UTC

Article discussing the history and limitations of grading, plus offers strategies for how to provide feedback that isn't based on letter grades.

What Students say about Ungrading

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 17:37:11 UTC

Interesting article providing the student perspective on ungrading.

Specs Grading

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 17:41:24 UTC

Website outlining "Specs Grading" which is a particular type of ungrading that eschews rubrics and rankings in favor of a "meets expectations" approach.

Millennial (and Gen Z) Class Discussions

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 17:48:22 UTC

Even though we are now working with Gen Z students, this article has good advice for how to work with Millennial students that still apply to our students.

How to talk/write about your inclusive teaching efforts

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 18:16:25 UTC

Power Point from a Pomona workshop discussing how to frame your inclusive pedagogical work to support your tenure and/or promotion process.

Self-Reflection on Teaching

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 18:20:02 UTC

A link to a box folder that contains 10 different self-reflection prompts to self-evaluate your teaching.

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 18:29:23 UTC

Link over to the New Faculty Orientation Padlet

NCFDD

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-22 18:33:31 UTC

NCFDD (the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity) offers a number of programs you can join via our Pomona College membership. Check out the NCFDD website for more information. For questions about signing up for one of their offerings, please contact Associate Dean April Mayes april.mayes@pomona.edu .

Faculty Role in Learning and Engagement

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 17:39:35 UTC

Article shows how "College campuses where faculty employ active and collaborative learning techniques have students who were more engaged." Classroom practices make a difference in student learning, with more engaging practices leading to higher levels of learning.

Instructor Reflections on Inclusive Teaching

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 17:57:43 UTC

A qualitative study out of Spain about instructor practices that foster inclusion and learning. Interesting quotes from the faculty themselves.

7 Principles for Mid-Term Feedback

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 18:02:12 UTC

Good outline of why you want to do mid-semester feedback out of McMaster University in Canada.

Useful Approaches to Mid-Term feedback

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 18:07:48 UTC

Study out of University of Otago, New Zealand, outlining straightforward approaches (hinging on establishing a reflective process) to improving teaching.

Intro to Ungrading

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 18:10:52 UTC

A 7:38 minute video discussing the overall principles of ungrading.

The Problem with Course Evals

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 18:18:08 UTC

A 7:58 video of a professor relaying his experience as a new faculty member teaching a new course and how the evaluation process was, well, less than desirable.

Engaging Discussions

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 18:24:25 UTC

Good advice (6min) from a new-ish CS professor on engaging with students.

travisbrown13 — 2025-09-23 21:57:55 UTC

Three in-depth book chapters focusing on how we can potentially use AI to assist with teaching. Also includes information on cheating and AI detection.

travisbrown13 — 2025-10-03 17:27:08 UTC

This links to the TEval (Transforming Higher Education - Multidimensional Evaluation of Teaching) website featuring a 3 minute video outlining a new approach to evaluating teaching.

travisbrown13 — 2025-10-03 17:33:29 UTC

Chapter 2 from the online textbook Documenting Teaching Excellence. The chapter explores the three voices framework (student, peer, self) and gives many good tips and examples. Other Chapters in this book can be found at this link.

travisbrown13 — 2025-10-15 18:05:04 UTC

An excellent, in-depth, presentation created by students about how to address mental health needs (and other concerns) in your syllabi.

Cognition Glossary

travisbrown13 — 2026-02-06 21:24:38 UTC

100 terms related to learning (cognition) and examples for higher education.

Bloom's Taxonomy and Cognition

travisbrown13 — 2026-02-06 21:25:56 UTC

An overview of Bloom's taxonomy with sources related to each level of Bloom's with examples of classroom considerations.

Faculty Development Resources at CGU

travisbrown13 — 2026-02-06 21:38:26 UTC

An annotated list of links to programs offered by CGU's Center for Academic & Faculty Excellence (CAFE)

Advising resources from Paul Cahill

travisbrown13 — 2026-04-03 20:47:05 UTC

Here is a link to a folder with four documents from Prof. Paul Cahill about advising. It includes email templates for connecting with your Liberal Arts Advisees.