Summer Reading on the Human Mind
The New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange, Spring 2010, includes a great list of readings about the Human Mind, put together by G. Christian Jernstedt: humanmind
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
NEFDC Fall 2010 Call for Proposals
Please click the link below for details. Deadline for proposals is in early July: NEFDC- Proposals.
The Frontal Cortex
Jonah Lehrer’s blog on emerging cognitive research is just amazing. So much of this has to do with learning, our students, ourselves, and human behavior: http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/
This is your brain on TEEN
We know that teens make poor decisions, can be impulsive, take risks, and so on. The presentation below explains why. Emerging science shows us that the brain continues development through […]
Technology vs. Knowledge
The link below is to an excellent short essay by Chris Dede of the Harvard School of Ed. In the piece, he describes the meeting of classical approaches to education […]
Barbara Strauch on the Middle-Aged Brain
This post is the start of a month-long series looking at the brain and learning, leading up to the Summer Institute. First, let’s look at the latest research considering the […]
Cushing Academy's 100% Digital Library
As featured in a previous post here, Cushing Academy, a private high school in Eastern Mass, has eliminated all the books and gone to a completely digital library. The item […]
Popcorn in Class? Food and Brain Function
This is a short write-up from the Globe. It show some evidence that a high-carb/low fat diet could support serotonin levels, especially in women. Other evidence is also mentioned about […]
Composition as media convergence?
Stephanie Vie is making a strong case for peeking over the wall between the LMS as acceptable tech medium for student learning, and social networking sites — deemed by many […]
Not Your Parent's 'Course Content Delivery' — Campus Technology
Quite an interesting article about whether technology is driving the impending changes in envisioning courses as something other than content delivery .. or not. Comments? Not Your Parent’s ‘Course Content […]
