Getting from Here to There, Part Two: The Right Scaffolding
In Michael Wesch’s latest blog post, “Why Good Classes Fail,” he argues that in the absence of empathy for one’s students, even …
Everyone’s a Visual Learner: Workshop Recap (#PODHBCU)
Jose Vazquez of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and I co-facilitated a 75-minute session at the joint POD Network / HBCU …
Highlights from #NAIRTL11 (Part 3)
Here’s the long-delayed part three of my report from the the NAIRTL 5th Annual Conference & Galway Symposium on Higher Education, hosted …
Another Misread of the “Digital Native” Idea
I’ve been wanting to write a long blog post on the idea of the “digital native” for a while now. This short …
An Introduction to How People Learn
Every year my teaching center hosts an orientation for new teaching assistants. Back in the day, we had a plenary session or …
Class Time Reconsidered – Motivating Student Participation and Engagement
I’m at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, today and tomorrow thanks to the good people at the Center for New Designs in …
Engaging, Thinking, Transfer, and Assimilation – More from Visual Meetings
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the “imagine” step in the four step model David Sibbet describes in his new …
Imagination + Private Universes + Expectations + Motivation + Visual Meetings
Okay, so I didn’t finish David Sibbet’s new book Visual Meetings over winter break. But I did read a couple of chapters! …
Fractals, Metacognition, and the Affective Domain (#lilly10)
More from the the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio back in November… A Fractal Thinker …
The Case for Visual Thinking – Thoughts on “Visual Meetings” by David Sibbet
One of my goals over winter break is to read Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group …