From Principle to Practice at #GRCCFLD
I’m visiting Grand Rapids, Michigan, today to speak at the Faculty Learning Day at Grand Rapids Community College. The faculty development event …
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 …
Flexible Classrooms: Highlights from #Spaces4Learning
Last week Vanderbilt University hosted a group of architects and architecture faculty from the University of Melbourne for a series of presentations …
CIRTL Network MOOCs on Evidence-Based Teaching Practices for Future STEM Faculty
Originally posted on the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog on November 4, 2013. I’m pleased to announce that the Center for Teaching …
Class Time Reconsidered: Making the Most of 150 Minutes a Week
I’ve spent the day in sunny Denver, Colorado, catching up with my grad school colleague Nick Galatos and giving a talk on, …
Wrapping a MOOC: A Case Study in Blended Learning
Cross-posted from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog: Last fall, Vanderbilt computer science professor Doug Fisher “flipped” his graduate-level course on machine …
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 …
Summer Reading: The Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde
If you follow my blog or Twitter account, you probably know that I’m a fan of sketchnotes. Sketchnotes are notes taken during …
The Mystery of Teaching
This summer I’m reading College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be by Columbia University humanities professor Andrew Delbanco, and I’m sharing …