The Trouble with Grades
I’m not sure there’s a precise definition yet for ungrading, but it usually refers to some combination of questioning the role of grades …
Celebrating 100 Episodes of the Leading Lines Podcast
Cross-posted from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog… Five years ago, I pitched the idea of a podcast about educational technology to …
Students as Producers: Collaborating toward Deeper Learning
If you’ve been following my work, you know that I’m a proponent of engaging the students in the courses we teach not …
VandyVox Season 1 Is a Wrap!
Thanks to the Vanderbilt students and faculty who contributed to the first season of VandyVox, the new podcast I host from the …
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 …
Students, Please Get Out Your Phones
Inside Higher Ed published a great piece last week by Nick Roll looking at changes in classroom response systems. At many campuses, …
Leading Lines Season 1
The tenth episode of our educational technology podcast, Leading Lines, was released today. It features an interview by my colleague Cliff Anderson, …
Evidence-Based STEM Teaching: Free Online Courses Launch September 19th
I am once again co-teaching a free online course on evidence-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching this fall. In fact, …