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Coincidence or small world?
Sometimes progress comes where you least expect it. Checking my twitter feed this morning, I noticed several tweets from someone I didn’t recognize. I clicked on the new tweeter, one Chris Jobling, and discovered that he teaches at the Swansea … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networking, Teaching and Learning
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Is Economics Like Physics?
This is the question that a group of my colleagues, led by Mark Maier of Glenwood Community College (in California) and Scott Simpkins of North Carolina A&T University, have been exploring for the last three years. It is generally known … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Teaching and Learning
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More on the ‘Do over’
Some weeks ago, I blogged about a new way of curving exam grades which I’m trying in my principles course. Monday I handed back the second exam, which is the most difficult of the year, primarily because it covers the … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, The Experiment, Uncategorized
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Pilot testing the quasi-collaborative editing approach
My last post outlined the plans for finishing my senior seminar with a bang rather than a whimper. Monday, I expect to finish the course content. From that point on, we will be collaboratively writing our final project. The last … Continue reading
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Worker smarter, rather than harder
On the way to the NITLE Summit it occurred to me what a good time it was to take a break from school, if only for a few days. This is the time in the semester when my students and … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning
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iTS or ItS?
Perhaps I’m in a funk but recently, I’ve felt compelled to criticize the thinking of some of my favorite class of colleagues: instructional technology folks. In a recent post, the Cog Dog argued that instructional technology staff, and by that … Continue reading
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Terry Dolson on Talking about Teaching
Terry Dolson at the University of Richmond is a thoughtful commentator on liberal education. Her recent post “On Faculty Development and Small Colleges” provides a compelling reason for developing intellectual community among faculty who value teaching. How you do it, … Continue reading
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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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.
Posted in First Year Seminar
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