A Social Pedagogies Reading List
Recently a colleague of mine asked me for some recommended readings on the topic of social pedagogies, and I thought I’d share …
Diigo Versus Pinterest: The Student Perspective
Last month, I blogged about the choice I gave my statistics students between using Diigo and Pinterest for the social bookmarking assignments …
Active Learning with Clickers in the Health Professions
I’m giving the opening keynote at the MGH Institute of Health Professions Faculty Development Days here in Boston. Below you’ll find the …
It Takes Two to Tweet: Interpretation as a Shared Responsibility
Remember back in the 90s when people were figuring out email etiquette? (I know, some people are still working on this.) I …
SoTL and Research on Clickers at Western Michigan University
I’m giving a couple of talks at the 5th annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference at Western Michigan University this morning. …
A Few FAQs (with Answers!) on Clickers from #nercompCRS
Two weeks ago I gave the opening keynote at the NorthEast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) special interest group meeting on classroom response …
Pencils, Pixels, and Social Pedagogies
The POD Network is holding its annual conference this October in Seattle. The theme is “Pencils and Pixels.” Here’s an excerpt from …
Infographics, Rubrics, and a Seated Poster Session
A few weeks ago here, I wrote about a rubric for evaluating infographics that my students helped design. That rubric was created …
Flipping Out
I need to explain myself. I tweeted this earlier tonight: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/derekbruff/status/193492846597242880″] This came about 24 hours after another tweet on the …
Tips for Using Twitter as Part of a Personal Learning Network
James Lang’s latest Chronicle of Higher Education column, “Using Twitter to Talk about Teaching,” features a few quotes and suggestions from me …