October Faculty Spotlight – Michael Williams-Bell

The CTL’s first faculty spotlight of the 2021/22 academic year is Michael Williams-Bell. Michael is a faculty member in the Fitness and Health Promotion (FHP) program in the School of Health and Community Services. Michael describes his approach to teaching and shares some great strategies that he and his colleagues in the FHP program have used to engage students while teaching remotely.

Take a moment to watch the video below as Michael chats with the CTL!

Go to specific questions using this menu:

• Can you tell us how your career started at Durham College and how you got to where you are today? (4s mark)
• Can you tell us about your teaching style? (1m 39s mark)
• How do you get your students engaged in thei learning? (5m 2s mark)
• Can you tell us about some of the successful. research proposals you've been involved in? (7m 39s mark)
• How have you encouraged a sense of community within your classroom? (13m 31s mark)
• How does technology come into play in your classroom while being remote? What have you had to adapt that has worked better than you thought it might? (16m 49s mark)
• What advice do you have for other professors (24m 24s mark)