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Category Archives: Teaching and Learning
Research-Informed Teaching Redux?
I just started reading Derek Bok’s Our Underachieving Colleges. Early on, Bok argues that academics either don’t know about or don’t apply the research findings on pedagogy. They don’t really assess the effectiveness of their teaching methods, or experiment much … Continue reading
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Lest You Think Librarians are Obsolete
A recent article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegraph reminds us that however net savvy our students think they are, they still have much to learn in higher education. The comments attached to the article are worth looking at also. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, University 2.0
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Second Meeting with IT Staff
Last month, I blogged about my initial consultation with our IT staff to brainstorm about my upcoming first year seminar. Yesterday I had my second formal meeting, this time with Martha and Jerry. Earlier in the week I emailed them … Continue reading
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Where to go from here in the Principles Course
A couple of weeks ago, in the context of my experimental principles course, I wondered if I was enabling students to avoid the metacognitive activities that I believe lead to deep learning. I’ve given this a fair amount of thought … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, The Experiment
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What then is the inquiry method?
In my previous posting I began reflecting on Postman & Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity. I pointed out that P&W argue for adopting the inquiry method of teaching and learning. What is the inquiry method and how does it … Continue reading
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Teaching as a Subversive Activity
I’ve just finished reading a powerful and provocative book, Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity. (Inside joke: The book was recommended by one of the speakers at the First Year Seminar Teaching workshop. Can you guess … Continue reading
Conversation about the First Year Seminar
Today, I was having a conversation via email with Charlotte Houtchens, one of UMW’s excellent reference librarians, and one of the “adjunct faculty” for our group teaching First Year Seminars next year. (Adjunct faculty are individuals with expertise of some … Continue reading
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Are University Teachers Contributing to the Problem?
Ever since reading Rebekah Nathan’s book, I’ve been thinking about Pogo’s famous line: We have met the enemy and he is us! One of Nathan’s observations was that despite little effort students get decent grades, Bs or better. This wasn’t … Continue reading
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Course Design Process for U2.0?
I had an amazing experience yesterday, a “consultation†with Gardner and his staff of IT Specialists: Jerry, Martha, Andy, Jim and Patrick. Also present was Charlotte Houtchens, one of our reference librarians. The purpose of the consultation was to think … Continue reading
Will Richardson’s Book
I just finished reading Will Richardson’s book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. As you might expect, it’s an excellent entry-level primer for incorporating Web 2.0 tools into the classroom, including both why you would want … Continue reading