Flower Darby

Teaching and learning design
Faculty, author and speaker, USA

Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class formats to be inclusive, welcoming, and support all students as they learn and succeed. As faculty and an instructional designer, she’s taught community college and university classes for over 24 years in a range of subjects including English, Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. A seasoned face-to-face and online educator, Flower loves to apply learning science across the disciplines and to help others do the same.

Flower speaks, writes, presents, and consults on teaching and learning theory and practice both nationally and internationally. She has helped educators all over the world become more effective in their work. She is the author, with James M. Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, and she’s a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Her new book on emotion science and teaching with technology is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press.

Contact: [email protected]

Website: flowerdarby.com

Develop your teaching with Flower Darby
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Quick Guide to Online Student Engagement in Week One
by Flower Darby
The purpose of this infographic is to bring to notice those little things that can help you show your presence in an online class and make your students feel that you care.
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Being Present in Your Online Teaching
by Flower Darby
Online students, just like on campus students, need educators to be present to guide and facilitate their learning. This course suggests ways in which educators can become intentionally present online.
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Small Teaching: Learning Through Practicing
by Flower Darby, James M. Lang

Becoming an expert takes practice, and it also means responding to feedback. In this course, we look at how to take create moments for students to practice skills in ways that will benefit from your expert observations.

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Small Teaching: Learning Through Connecting
by Flower Darby, James M. Lang

One of the things that distinguishes an expert from a novice is the density of connections between facts, concepts and skills. This course explores how we can help student make those connections that deepen understanding.

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The Science Of Learning
by James M. Lang, Flower Darby, Derek Bruff, Todd D. Zakrajsek
Over the last few decades, neuroscience has done much to unlock how we learn. This learning path highlights the main findings, and how you can apply these lessons in your classes.
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Establishing the Foundations for Community Online
by Flower Darby
As human beings, we naturally create learning communities in a face-to-face setting. Establishing a sense of community online is just as important and requires more intentionality.
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How to Show Your Presence in Online Classrooms
by Flower Darby
The purpose of this infographic is to bring to notice those little things that can help you show your presence in an online class and make your students feel that you care.
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Which Picture Best?
by Flower Darby
This short and simple activity will help you to establish connections with your students in the online classroom by providing insights into student mindset through use of visuals.
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Small Steps to Engaging Teaching in the Big Online World
by Flower Darby
This narrated presentation provides some practical considerations to help you facilitate successful online learning for your students. You will gain some useful tips and inspiration on how to drive student engagement and interactions in an online environment.
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Maximising the Use of Your Virtual Office Hours
by Flower Darby
Do you feel like you are not making the most of your office hours? This infographic suggests some simple ideas to make them more effective.
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Online Facilitation Refresher
by Flower Darby, Leigh Graves Wolf, Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Virna Rossi, Maha Bali, Autumm Caines, Mia Zamora
Getting back into the swing of online facilitation? This learning path takes you through the top tips, tools and advice offered by OneHE experts over the last year.
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