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The Office Hour

by Eric Lewis

Teachers get together to discuss teaching. Specifically, Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows discuss practice and theory drawn from their experience teaching humanities and communication courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Episodes

  1. Multilingual and Multicultural Instructors of Composition: Sharing Experiences

    This episode addresses how a lot of conversations on multilingualism in the composition classroom focus on students who speak non-traditional varieties of English, whereas little attention has been given to multilingual instructors of college writing. We discuss how multilingualism can shape...

  2. Teaching Quantum Science with Narrative-Based Learning, Part II, Featuring Drs. Faisal Alamgir and Franziska Tsufim

    In this episode, we are continuing our discussion of the application of narrative-based learning to quantum science, an interdisciplinary effort between the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, and the School of Materials Science and Engineering here at Georgia Tech.

  3. Teaching Quantum Science with Narrative-Based Learning, Part 1, Featuring Dr. Faisal Alamgir

    This week in The Office Hour, we are discussing the application of narrative-based learning to quantum science. This is an ongoing interdisciplinary effort between the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, or LMC, and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, or MSE, here at...

  4. Twine Narratives with Shane Snyder

    Shane Snyder joins Lee and David to discuss his experiences of integrating Twine Narratives into course syllabi. Shane describes some student projects and answers questions about Twine. What are Twine narratives and how are they applicable to teaching game design? What affordances do Twine...

  5. Advancing Antiracism in the Classroom and Beyond

    Brittain Fellows Jeff Howard and Shinjini Chattopadhyay oversaw an antiracist reading group funded by a Georgia Tech Writing and Communication Program Leadership Opportunity Grant. The group read Emma Dabiri's What White People Can Do Next. This episode includes an interview with Jeff and…

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  6. Creating Classroom Community

    Andrew Salyer joins Eric Lewis and Molly Slavin to discuss ways of creating classroom community. Transcript

  7. Getting Students to Read and Understand the Syllabus

    In this episode, Corey Goergen, Molly Slavin, and Eric Lewis discuss contract grading with Rachel Dean-Ruzicka, lecturer of Writing and Communication. How do you teach first-year college students what a syllabus is and how to use it? What are ways of making syllabi more accessible? What are some...

  8. Contract Grading

    In this episode, Eric Lewis and Corey Goergen discuss contract grading with Kent Linthicum, American Council of Learned Societies Fellow 2021-2022. What exactly is contract grading? What are its advantages for both students and instructors? How does one implement it successfully? Example Grading...

  9. Public Humanities in the Classroom

    In this episode, Eric Lewis, Corey Goergen, and Molly Slavin are joined by Jill Fennell, Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, and Wendy Truran, visiting lecturer, to discuss public humanities work in the classroom. What are the impacts of having students complete public-facing research…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Teachers get together to discuss teaching. Specifically, Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows discuss practice and theory drawn from their experience teaching humanities and communication courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Eric Lewis

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Teachers get together to discuss teaching. Specifically, Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows discuss practice and theory drawn from their experience teaching humanities and communication courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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