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Is it a presentation or a paper? No, it’s a WordPress blog.
I just finished a presentation on teaching with social software at the Developments in Economics Education Conference held at Cambridge University. I actually drafted a paper for this conference, something I hadn’t managed for the last several presentations I had … Continue reading
How to Read My Comments on Your Paper Drafts
A couple months ago I wrote a few posts that were really addressed to my students. Here is another one. Writing is the tool most scholars use to think about ideas. You don’t write when you have your ideas figured … Continue reading
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Planning for the Fall
While I haven’t blogged much this summer, here is a list of things that I’ve thought about, and that have informed my planning for the Fall 2007 semester. • Start with a plan – It’s important to start the semester … Continue reading
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The Value of Education?
Dean Dad has a recent post that made me pause. What are the implications for a school like Mary Washington?
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More on Technological Proficiency
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the difficulty of defining what colleagues at UMW called “Technological Proficiency”. Tomorrow, I’ll be heading to the ELI Fall Focus Session in Boulder, CO. The theme of the focus session is Being … Continue reading
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What I Did on My Summer Vacation
That’s right. I spent half a day lobstering on my uncle’s boat. And no, I’m not giving up my day job. This one is hard work. The best catch for us was six lobsters in one trap. Unfortunately, this experience … Continue reading
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Is College Supposed to Be Education or Training?
This is a question I’ve blogged about before, here, here and here for example. I know we say college is supposed to be education (or Real School), but more often than one might like if you look at what actually … Continue reading
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First Year Advising Curriculum?
I’ve been ‘working’ on a project this summer. Great concept: but not enough follow through. As a last ditch attempt to make some progress, I thought I’d appeal to the Brian Lamb–Alan Levine school of inspiration and ask for help … Continue reading
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More on Student Metacognition and Motivation
My latest favorite blogger is Lanny Arvan. (Thanks Martha!) Aside from being a fallen economist turned instructional technologist, he’s a fascinating and deep blogger. One of his (relatively) recent posts struck a chord as it related to my interest in … Continue reading
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Want a Second Opinion in Your Course Lectures?
Some time ago I blogged about self-directed college learning using the BBC’s In Our Time podcast series. Brian Lamb reports that you can go a step further with Openculture: Stanford Courses Available as Free Podcasts. How cool is that? At … Continue reading