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My book, Beyond the Lecture: Interacting with Students and Shaping the Classroom Dynamic offers elaboration of these topics and many more, with self-diagnoses and concrete “things to try” in the classroom. Alternatively, contact me for information about coaching sessions and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614649484830-KZ9Q8NN3I63GQ0VVSD0D/Banner+March+1+2021.png Take Action https://www.kmcallister.ca/the-advanced daily 0.75 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614749058260-V0A3T9YYT17LEEXMKLYV/Advanced+2.png The Advanced How you say it… When listening, are you using eye contact to convey attention to the speaker? Is your expression neutral or conveying interest (rather than conveying negative emotion)? Are you positively responsive to what is being said, without conveying boredom, annoyance or dismissal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614750112685-2VD2F5G891RB8NGPC64P/Advanced+9.png The Advanced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614750065413-JQPYYXCD7DZHX58IKV4J/Advanced+8.png The Advanced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614749832399-7S1MK128JGL0R52HJMB6/Advanced+6.png The Advanced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614749030077-RS54BZZ3BJNEBTCE015V/Advanced+1.png The Advanced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614749576591-D5YMGJWGEFJ1WJV9E8VE/Advanced+4.png The Advanced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614749783071-IH16BPDXCVDTE33VNXU6/Advanced+5.png The Advanced Less-than Productive Questions Trivial questions Abstract questions Ambiguous questions Hit-and-run questions While none of these types of questions deliberately belittle others, they will nonetheless diminish psychological safety because they don’t enable others to make thoughtful or meaningful contributions to the conversation (and thus feel valued). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614649393473-YFUSFK5KKHR407TVDPRT/Banner+March+1+2021.png The Advanced https://www.kmcallister.ca/about daily 0.75 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1572673608722-Y4WX2M21VHAJMD5SDYMP/Minerva+Headshot+-+1+%281%29.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614649458174-08Y5XLA8P4VA9JICJW3H/Banner+March+1+2021.png About https://www.kmcallister.ca/home-copy daily 0.75 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1617755376077-RY5817OCOCIUU172SJFP/Covers_midres.jpg Introduction to Communication - Take Action Ready to take the next step in the classroom? My book Beyond the Lecture: Interacting with Students and Shaping the Classroom Dynamic offers a review of relevant literature on the science of learning and concrete things to try in the classroom; or contact the author for information about coaching sessions and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614650347720-7UJWSQWQD68IMEHY85LQ/Home+2.png Introduction to Communication - What We Say is as important as how we say it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614650123804-42CCP5V0IIGO1FE89R19/Home+1.png Introduction to Communication - From beginner to advanced Starting with the basics and moving to special contexts such as interviews, meetings and classrooms: here are the tips, tricks, science and best practices behind how we interact with others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1614649251846-FMP8MYP3PTPOSVL4WUCG/Banner+March+1+2021.png Introduction to Communication https://www.kmcallister.ca/introducing-culture-curriculum-and-cassroom daily 0.75 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/4ed499f4-088b-4202-b887-4a8e9fc0a447/Culture.jpg Introducing Culture, Curriculum and Classroom - Culture Culture fundamentally shapes the educational experience, enabling and impacting outcomes across the entire institution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/2c9b1236-842f-43c6-99c8-d6c9e3382682/KMcAllister_Teaching.jpg Introducing Culture, Curriculum and Classroom - Classroom The classroom is both the physical space and the mode(s) of instruction— such as in-person, hybrid, or online— as well as characterizing the learning dynamic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/17af8740-3cee-40a6-97ef-191e007efeb4/iStock-1370735949.jpeg Introducing Culture, Curriculum and Classroom - Curriculum Curriculum and assessment practices must be deliberately designed to promote inclusive and meaningful student engagement https://www.kmcallister.ca/mission-context-and-design-choices daily 0.75 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/dbfbb284-3088-4968-b22b-eb3925881b01/iStock-467800424.jpg Mission, Context and Design Choices - Mission + Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/4c234478-674f-4131-ba3a-6dd65adda59b/Screen+Shot+2022-12-07+at+1.41.54+PM.png Mission, Context and Design Choices - Initiatives & Opportunities Must be tailored to an institution’s unique mission and context, with careful engagement of representative stakeholders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/1ed97380-7a48-46e8-8af4-edde219504ee/Change+Cycle+in+Higher+Education Mission, Context and Design Choices - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cff2014a593300001770ed5/30adfc5a-65b1-4908-95fd-73b99059bb69/Institutional+History.jpg Mission, Context and Design Choices - Institutional History: the hidden context Where you came from and the truth and myths of what you’re about; formal and informal structures that have become institutionalized (many without deliberate design choices); the basis for the rules… …and the institutional norms.