By Dr. Jeanine Irons

In some cases, today’s students struggle to understand the concept of office hours. Research has shown that this term can be particularly problematic for first-generation and international students to decode. Add to this the context of going to class online or in mixed modality (where there may be no office to visit), and one finds multiple reasons to alter the term "office hours" and the behaviors attached to it. Here are some suggestions from Flower Darby’s book, Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, that may be useful:

If you have other Office Hours ideas that have worked for you, please consider sending them to the CTLE ( CTLE@syr.edu ), to be shared the SU faculty.