Maryellen Weimer, PhD, professor emerita at Penn State University and recipient of Penn State’s Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, is one of the nation’s most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching. Since 1987 Dr. Weimer has been the editor of The Teaching Professor newsletter and she authors The Teaching Professor blog. (The Teaching Professor blog is a free online resource. Contact [email protected] if you’d like to be added to the distribution list for The Teaching Professor Newsletter). Recorded: 02/08/2017