Getting students to do the reading… and to talk about it!
Last month I launched a weekly newsletter called Intentional Teaching. It’s full of practical ideas and strategies for developing foundational teaching skills …
Carrots, Sticks, and Why You Shouldn’t Skip Class
If you’re an educator and not listening to the Tea for Teaching podcast, you’re missing out. It features weekly discussions with educators …
Wise Feedback and Compliment Sandwiches
Last weekend, Ian Bogost made a website, buns.life, that lets you make a graphic featuring words between hamburger buns. Why? Because Ian …
Recommended Reading: Cheating Lessons by James Lang
Last summer, I was honored to be asked to read and review James Lang’s excellent new book, Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic …
Lessons Learned from Vanderbilt’s First MOOCs
Last month, I shared on the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog a report on Vanderbilt’s first three MOOCs. I’m cross-posting that report …
Motivating and Equipping Students to Make a Difference
Earlier in the summer, after reading the first two chapters of Andrew Delbanco’s College: What It Was, Is and Should Be, I wondered …
In-Class Ecological Footprint Data Visualization Challenge
Yesterday’s Math 216 activity brought together several of my favorite teaching ideas: challenge cycles, visual thinking, and mobile learning. We’re starting our …
Symphony Academy: Awakening the Digital Imagination (Sketchnotes from #CIRTLForum)
Gardner Campbell delivered tonight’s keynote at the CIRTL Network Forum. All day, we’ve been discussing the competencies and critical skills that STEM …
Highlights from #NAIRTL11 (Part 1)
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Ireland for the NAIRTL 5th Annual Conference & Galway Symposium on Higher Education, hosted …
Social Pedagogies: Authentic Audiences and Student Motivation
While visiting Georgetown University last week, I participated in a discussion about social pedagogies with Randy Bass, director of the Center for …