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Be Careful What You Ask For
The dynamics of my macroeconomics course are quite different than in past years. I’ve alluded to this in previous posts. For one thing, I’m reading the text just slightly ahead of the students. I’m doing it that way to try … Continue reading
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Stray thoughts
What does it mean when students read and even comment on faculty blogs? Doesn’t that show a different, even higher level of engagement when students essentially participate in a faculty discussion?
Vetting the Product
Last week I observed that in my U2.0 teaching I haven’t been doing enough quality control. I’ve been changing the process of teaching/learning in my classes, but haven’t been vetting the product enough. I’ve been working to improve that recently. … Continue reading
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Observation on U2.0 Teaching
In the last post I made some observations about how teaching in a U2.0 environment differs from traditional teaching. Here’s another one. When more of the responsibility for learning is put on the students, in addition to the teacher spending … Continue reading
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The Student as the Unit of Measurement
I’ve only recently gotten caught up on my blog reading. A couple of weeks ago, Martha posted this thought-provoking missive. The part I want to react to says: I hear a lot of talk about how Web 2.0 is changing … Continue reading
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Faculty Seminar on Student-Centered Teaching and Learning
This semester I am participating in a faculty seminar on student-centered teaching and learning, sponsored by UMW’s Teaching Innovation Program. While the topic interests me, I suspect the best part of the seminar will be the opportunity to share ideas … Continue reading
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Just in Time Teaching with a Large Wiki
A few weeks ago I mentioned my idea for a very different approach to teaching ECON 304, my intermediate macro course. This is the first week of classes, so I guess I better figure out how this is going to … Continue reading
Reflections on the FSEM, Part 2
In the previous post, I mentioned that the seminar was given a two day introduction to library research skills, including on-line bibliographic databases and effective search techniques. The students had two reactions to this introduction. First, they found the information … Continue reading
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Reflections on the First Year Seminar
There were a lot of things that worked really well in the first year seminar and I plan to blog about them over the next month or so. For now, though, I want to mention some things that went wrong, … Continue reading
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A Simple Model of Learning
Recently, Gene Roche remarked that one thing he admired about my blog was my willingness to document the mistakes I make in my teaching. But isn’t making mistakes the best way to learn? After all, if one is unwilling to … Continue reading
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