Does this look familiar to you? Unfortunately the “lecture” is still common place in many classrooms. Yet…. Lectures are great for getting students to repeat information but they are one of the worst teaching strategies for promoting in-depth understanding….It would be difficult to find a model worse than the one used for teaching in most…
I’ve been struggling for some time now (well, since the summer anyway) to make sense of what being “connected” really means when it comes to educators and courses. I’ve seen a few general ideas of what connected means to others and I’ve seen some of it in action through my participation in connected courses and…
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For higher education professionals, many decisions are grounded in building a strong campus community. How best to offer student services, programming calendars, leadership opportunities, dining hall hours, and the list goes on. Each segment of campus life leading students to be more integrated and engaged into the campus community. Because…
Originally posted on Stuff too big for Twitter….:
A few weeks ago Josie Ahlquist wrote a great post on developing campus community through social media. Before you read this, go read that post (it is good). She used published research (thank you!) to make a great argument that the strategic implementation of social networking sites…
I’ve been struggling for some time now (well, since the summer anyway) to make sense of what being “connected” really means when it comes to educators and courses. I’ve seen a few general ideas of what connected means to others and I’ve seen some of it in action through my participation in connected courses. I’m…
It’s possibly the first time I’ve ever received an applause in class. I am taking a professional faculty development course on humanizing the online learning experience for students and was inspired by our instructor’s @brocansky introductory video to her course. I have an online module coming up for my group communication course and have often…
I teach to help fix or prevent leaks in the educational pipeline; to make sure students do not feel lost and disconnected; to make sure they know at least one person who cares about and believes in them as others did for me. I teach to find innovative ways to solve complex problems. I teach to fill…
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