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Setting protected time boundaries in your syllabus: Yes or No?
In today’s inaugural episode of Between the Lines: ACUE’s Talk Hour, guest Flower Darby suggested that you carve out time for yourself and be upfront with your students in your syllabus about that boundary.
For example, you could state that you won’t send emails after 7 p.m. and that Sundays are reserved for you to spend time with your family. This lets them know when they can expect to hear from you and communicates that you recognize the need to recharge.
Is this something you already do or plan to add in the future?
Did you miss ACUE’s Talk Hour? Our next event is Tuesday, August 6, at 2 p.m. EST, and features host Dr. Jonathan Gyurko, President and Cofounder of ACUE, and Derek Bruff, author of Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching. See you there! 🔖
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Posting a link here for the registration to: Between the Lines: ACUE’s Talk Hour featuring Derek Bruff
https://learn.acue.org/event/between-the-lines-acues-talk-hour-featuring-derek-bruff/
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This reply was modified 1 week, 1 day ago by Michael Pelaez.
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It’s something I will add! I typically say in person on day one. I run a summer research program and build that into daily contact expectations. After I received a message at 3:00 a.m. one morning asking if I was related to a political candidate, I decided to create contact expectations and boundaries in the future. While I like these students to feel comfortable coming to me, 3:00 a.m. is not the time for odd questions.
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WOW! I agree. Sometimes, you need a moment like that to create the boundary.
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