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I’ve never bought the notion of the syllabus as a contract between instructor and student, though I know it’s commonly accepted. Rather, I think of a syllabus more as a travel plan–it’s an outline of where you plan to go, … Continue reading →

Martin Weller provides a compelling vision of University 2.0, or perhaps Learning 2.0 in this post (by way of The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog). I found the original post broader and more interesting than the Chronicle synopsis. If you’re interested … Continue reading →

Injenuity has an awesome post, which speaks to my previous post on change. It made me think.

In a recent conversation, Gardner and I talked about whether or not one can be open to genuine teaching innovation without considering new media. This is a different question from whether or not (some) technology is embodied in all teaching … Continue reading →

Garr Reynolds. If you want to design presentations that people will find compelling, instead of the standard “Death by Powerpoint”, check out this video: Presentation Zen (Thanks to Tim O’Donnell who turned me on to this.)

Foreign Policy magazine has just published its second annual list of the world’s 100 top intellectuals. How many are you familiar with? (Thanks to the Chronicle for this.)

I’ve been nearly silent in this space this semester. I went six weeks without a post, though in truth, it feels longer than that. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to blog, but in January I was feeling totally buried … Continue reading →

I’m trying a new wrinkle in my intro course this semester. I got the idea from Brad Hansen, my department chair. I don’t know exactly what he does, since I’ve gleaned this idea from the grapevine, so any credit for … Continue reading →