What Should Colleges Teach?
Think Again, A blog by Stanley Fish in the New York Times: What Should Colleges Teach? A few years ago, when I was grading papers for a graduate literature course, […]
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How Americans Spend Their Time
If you open the link at the end of this post, you can view the graphic for the age group 15-24 (as well as other demographics), and then slide along […]
CTL Tip Sheets Have Arrived!
As a result of blatant imitation of my brilliant colleague Don Tracia at Bunker Hill Comm College, we now have a “genius wall” full of helpful tip sheets for faculty […]
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory — Group Work
Sabotaging Cooperative Learning: or, Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Jim Cooper, California State University, Dominguez Hills Over the last few years a number of faculty at CSU Dominguez […]
The truth about grit – The Boston Globe
The truth about grit – The Boston Globe Posted using ShareThis
Resource: Mind and Mood videos on ABC
Behavioral Sci and Health instructors might be interested in using some of these videos in courses: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodResourceCenter/
If the students don’t get it, what’s the point?
Learning about Teaching If the students don’t get it, what’s the point? By Andrea Conklin Bueschel Too often, it is easy to assume that students who don’t appear motivated or […]
Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production
This is a short talk by John Seely Brown which was part of a Carnegie Foundation conference in Oct 08. It’s about 10 min long: http://vimeo.com/2183356
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom Posted using ShareThis
Significant learning
“One of the first tasks teachers face when designing a course is deciding what they want students to learn or get out of their course. Students will always learn something, […]
