teaching and learning

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A small group of BCC faculty met today for the first session of this faculty learning group on teaching and new technologies. The discussion ranged through a number of topics, […]

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On this subject, I am still looking for some data on the prevalence of cheating – is this endemic, or occasional? How do we know, when it is a secret […]

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The calls for Service-Learning, Student Research Success Grants, Online/Hybrid Course Development Grants, Travel Grants, and Mini-Sabbaticals have gone out via email, and are available here on the Blog under the […]

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Many at-risk college students with low literacy skills must pass a required reading test to demonstrate their level of proficiency in handling college-level material. This study investigated the effectiveness of […]

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The Argument for Kindles in Schools “The Kindle’s proprietary document format means textbooks can’t be ported easily, and its browser is inadequate for anything but cursory use. And, as the […]

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“Most faculty members did not seek careers in the academy because of a strong love of technology or a propensity for adapting to rapid change; yet they now find themselves […]

BCC Faculty Survey - Prelim Results

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Here are some preliminary results of the Fall 09 faculty survey, more details to come. Thanks to all who contributed! Total respondents: 64 (Full time: 33; Part time: 31) = 33% […]

Make It So?

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Those who were fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Captain Jean Luc Picard may remember that his crew would sometimes comment on his quaint habit of reading books. Well, […]

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L Cooper has contributed (thank you!): I’ve been correcting compositions for eons, and sometimes I have adopted techniques to make correcting simpler that I forgot over time. Here’s the one […]

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The New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) is now accepting registrations for its annual fall conference to be held on Friday, November 13th at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. […]