{"id":542,"date":"2025-11-03T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/?p=542"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:15:50","slug":"this-week-in-the-faculty-hub-those-few-wild-and-precious-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/2025\/11\/03\/this-week-in-the-faculty-hub-those-few-wild-and-precious-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in the Faculty Hub: Those Few Wild and Precious Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, the question of how to manage time in class effectively has come up frequently in my consultations. What do we prioritize during class time&#8211;and how do we fit that into the three hours or so we have each week in class with our students? To paraphrase Mary Oliver, what are we going to do with those few wild and precious hours? The answer to that question will vary wildly from class to class and professor to professor, but I thought I\u2019d share some questions that I find helpful when I\u2019m facing that quandary myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What are the most important learning outcomes for my students this week\/this semester?<br \/>\n\u2022 What parts of learning require class time versus what can be done outside of class?<br \/>\n\u2022 What kinds of activities will push students to think critically?<br \/>\n\u2022 What chances will students have to practice what they are learning?<br \/>\n\u2022 What ways will my course support students to learn from each other in community?<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, we\u2019re always happy to meet with you for a <span class=\"lexical-link\">one-on-one consultation<\/span> to talk this (or anything else) over\u2014and help you prepare for your final assignments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uronline.net\/emailviewonwebpage.aspx?erid=3c2d12ad-ee4b-4631-95ea-ca11cc87b789&amp;trid=3c2d12ad-ee4b-4631-95ea-ca11cc87b789\">Keep reading here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, the question of how to manage time in class effectively has come up frequently in my consultations. What do we prioritize during class time&#8211;and how do we fit that into the three hours or so we have each week in class with our students? To paraphrase Mary Oliver, what are we going to do <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/2025\/11\/03\/this-week-in-the-faculty-hub-those-few-wild-and-precious-hours\/\">Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4628,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}