Innovative College Teaching: Tips & Insights from 14 Master Teachers

Perry Binder

Embrace AI-generated student projects? Flip your online AND in-person classes? Administer open-note in-person exams? I know, but please keep an open mind.

Innovative College Teaching is intended for new or seasoned professors, lecturers, instructors, professors of practice, part-time (adjunct) professors, and graduate teaching assistants, as well as curious high school teachers. You will learn what makes the best teachers tick and read easy-to-replicate tips on taking your skills to the next level.

For example, in Part I, Innovative Teaching Techniques, the author shows students use AI to “write” professional letters to a company; a model AI-generated letter; and each prompt used to create that document. College students experience the benefits and challenges presented by AI and then reflect on the project’s value through targeted questions.

In Part II, Innovative Master Teachers, over a dozen professors responded to the following:
1-What inspired you to teach?
2- What teaching methods are most helpful in guiding students toward their goals?
3- What would you like to improve about your teaching?
4- What skills should be emphasized in high school to succeed in your college class?
5- What is the one thing you wished you would have known when you started your teaching career? / Do you have any last bits of wisdom?

The author interviewed accomplished colleagues including a star adjunct professor for readers who teach part-time. They bring diverse teaching styles from varied disciplines, including Education, Entrepreneurship, Law, Science, Technical Education, and several Business departments. These individuals are curious and innovative. Their passion for teaching is contagious. Students gravitate to them—and you will be inspired by their tips and insights on teaching.

Overheard from the Author's Former Students

"Perry Binder is a rare nexus of a professor who does not merely teach; he inspires. He implores students to expand their horizons, think on a bigger scale, and pushes them to dream bigger and to confront challenges." Hannah Cho

"Binder is the Michael Jordan of teaching!" Harlem Duru

"I took every class that Perry offered and he was my most memorable professor. His classes were always full and the students were always engaged!" Wesley Moore"

Perry Binder is a one-of-a-kind professor who makes complex legal studies entertaining, engaging, and easy to apply to real life. Of all my past business school professors, he’s the only one whose classes and teachings I remember more than 10 years later." Andy Payment