Teaching and Learning Podcasts (2019 Edition)
I have a book coming out later this year, and my press asked me for “specialized media” to whom they might send …
Announcing VandyVox, a “Podcast of Podcasts”
Cross-posted from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog I am very excited to announce a new podcast from the Vanderbilt Center for …
Puzzling Over the Jigsaw
Last fall, I was asked to lead a workshop at our law school on fostering student engagement in the classroom. Every legal …
Collaborative Debate Maps, or How an Artist Teaches Appropriation
I love to see how teaching practices play out in different disciplines. Thanks to a pingback on a 2015 blog post of …
In-Class Activities for Teaching Writing
I’ve been teaching my first-year writing seminar on cryptography off and on since 2010, and yet I still feel like a rookie …
Active Learning Classrooms: What We Know
Last fall at the POD Network conference for educational developers, I interviewed D. Christopher Brooks for Vanderbilt’s Leading Lines podcast. I met …
Teaching Board Games #2: The Big Picture
For some, teaching is a fairly intuitive act. But thanks to research from the fields of education, psychology, and elsewhere, we know …
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 …
Teaching Board Games #1: Mental Models
Back in college, a friend named Chad introduced me to the board game Settlers of Catan. More precisely, he introduced me to …
Writing Life
I really enjoy writing. You might not think that, given how infrequently I’ve been posting on this blog. That’s mostly because I’ve …