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New Frontier in Economics
One of the new frontiers in economics is Behavioral Economics, for which Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in 2002. Here’s a thoughtful and funny video which describes behavioral economics in contrast to the more traditional neoclassical … Continue reading
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Status Report
I’ve been nearly silent in this space this semester. I went six weeks without a post, though in truth, it feels longer than that. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to blog, but in January I was feeling totally buried … Continue reading
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What is a student’s job?
Shannon has another stunning post that I really want to see students respond to. But I don’t just want the usual suspects. That’s why I’m going to send a challenge to my first year advising group and see if they’ll … Continue reading
Is this something the FSEM planners need to see?
Declining By Degrees Seems like a good use of $30. Thanks to Lanny for the heads-up.
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More on FSEM 2.0
When you teach an elective course, you can pretty much teach it as you like. The content and pedagogical approach are up to you. When you teach a required course or a prerequisite, you are expected to meet or at … Continue reading
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FSEM 2.0
For a couple of years, I’ve written about our institution’s pilot program to offer first year seminars. We have now made it a requirement as part of our general education curriculum. It’s not clear, though, that all our faculty really … Continue reading
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A New Type of “Curve” on Exams
I’m trying a new wrinkle in my intro course this semester. I got the idea from Brad Hansen, my department chair. I don’t know exactly what he does, since I’ve gleaned this idea from the grapevine, so any credit for … Continue reading
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Response to Gardner’s Rock/Soul/Progressive: II
I started to leave a comment on Gardner’s second post about his recently concluded First Year Seminar, but found it was turning out to be longer than a comment typically is, so I moved it here. After your previous post … Continue reading
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Open Source for Higher Education
Dean Dad recently posted on a topic many of us are interested in: the potential of universities replacing their proprietary systems with open source solutions. Might be relevant for anyone thinking about the Bluehost Experiment and it’s downstream implications. (Private … Continue reading
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A YouTube like Venture for Intellectuals
Don Coffin, a colleague at Indiana University Northwest, just brought my attention to this interesting article in the New York Times.
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