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Category Archives: Teaching and Learning
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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A Radical Idea: on the job training
Intermediate Macroeconomics, one of our core gatekeeping courses, taught as a seminar to 40 students. Impending disaster? Trainwreck waiting to happen? Perhaps. But, I prefer to think of it as a possible answer to a question I’ve been mulling over … Continue reading
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Update on Gardner’s APGAR
A couple weeks ago I mentioned introducing Gardner’s APGAR assessment to my First Year Seminar students. My students subsequently corrected my math, much as Gardner suggested in his comment to my post: The average APGAR for the class turned out … Continue reading
Gardner’s APGAR Assessment for Classes
Another thing I did in the First Year Seminar on Tuesday was to show them Gardner’s APGAR post. I asked the students to answer the questions for themselves. I had set up a spreadsheet on the classroom computer and asked … Continue reading
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