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More on FSEM 2.0

Posted on March 3, 2008 by sgreenla

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 →

Posted in First Year Seminar | 2 Comments

FSEM 2.0

Posted on March 1, 2008 by sgreenla

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 →

Posted in First Year Seminar | 17 Comments

Response to Gardner’s Rock/Soul/Progressive: II

Posted on January 11, 2008 by sgreenla

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 →

Chicken Little?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by sgreenla

This post originated in a series of conversations I had over the holiday with my in-laws who were children of the Great Depression. But it’s also something I’ve thought about for a long time. The catalyst for posting probably came … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, First Year Seminar | 4 Comments

Teaching versus Grading or Learning versus Assessment

Posted on January 1, 2008 by sgreenla

Some weeks ago, I mentioned the SCHEV course redesign conference I attended in November. A theme of the conference was how to use the power of computers to teach more efficiently and effectively. (This is the premise of Aplia, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching and Learning | 1 Comment

Response to “Scylla or Charybdis: An allegory for ed tech”

Posted on December 29, 2007 by sgreenla

Trillwing does an excellent job of laying out the conflicting issues facing faculty today as they try to incorporate technology into their teaching. Let me respond from a faculty perspective. I agree that the underlying issues and fears are pedagogical, … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching and Learning, UMW Teaching Center | 3 Comments

More on why the most important parts of education may not be quantifiable

Posted on December 10, 2007 by sgreenla

This post is a continuation of my thinking on the Product of Learning. I was discussing with a colleague the way I grade process over product in my research methodology course. I respect this colleague a great deal, and these … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching and Learning | 2 Comments

Request for Help: Model for Deep Collaborative Learning?

Posted on December 6, 2007 by sgreenla

I was consulting with Martha on my TLT Fellows project #1, which involves teaching a seminar in advanced macroeconomics. The seminar is divided into eight or ten topics, each of which has a list of scholarly readings: books, journal articles, … Continue reading →

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Comment on “Bring Us Your Fear”

Posted on December 5, 2007 by sgreenla

I read Martha’s post “Bring Us Your Fear” and emailed a comment to Martha. She asked me to blog it so here it is: I wanted to comment on your post but didn’t because I couldn’t think of any way … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching and Learning | 4 Comments

The Product of Learning