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More on metacognition and assessment
For a couple of years now, I’ve tried to build low stakes, formative assessment into my intro courses. The intent was to help students become more responsible for their own learning and promote more mid-course adjustments to study strategies while … Continue reading
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Naming the Teaching Center
We need to come up with an appropriate name for the UMW Teaching Center. Ernie, the Chair of the Teaching Center Advisory Committee, points out that most teaching centers have similar and not very catchy names. Does the name matter? … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, UMW Teaching Center
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Can institutional higher ed remain relevant?
Martin Weller provides a compelling vision of University 2.0, or perhaps Learning 2.0 in this post (by way of The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog). I found the original post broader and more interesting than the Chronicle synopsis. If you’re interested … Continue reading
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Injenuity on Barriers to Learning
Injenuity has an awesome post, which speaks to my previous post on change. It made me think.
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Choices as Constraints
In a recent conversation, Gardner and I talked about whether or not one can be open to genuine teaching innovation without considering new media. This is a different question from whether or not (some) technology is embodied in all teaching … Continue reading
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Can EduPunk ever be mainstream?
I may be poking the bear here, but I’ve been following the discussion of EduPunk and have a few questions I’d like to raise. I’ll admit that I haven’t given this as much thought as I’d like to, and I … Continue reading
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If you use powerpoint, I have two words for you…
Garr Reynolds. If you want to design presentations that people will find compelling, instead of the standard “Death by Powerpoint”, check out this video: Presentation Zen (Thanks to Tim O’Donnell who turned me on to this.)
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A Research Project for First Year Students
One of the things I haven’t done particularly well over the last two years in my First Year Seminar on globalization is the research paper assignment. My first attempt was Version 1: The Expert Study, essentially a research paper by … Continue reading
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Backchannels and Class Participation
Interesting post on the Digital Natives blog about backchannels and class participation.
Posted in Teaching and Learning
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On the Sadness of Higher Education
Alan Charles Kors has a deeply thoughtful and provocative critique of higher education in the US today. I challenge you to read it. (If you can’t get to it via the link above, let me know and we’ll try something … Continue reading
Posted in The Future of Higher Education
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