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 …
Learning Styles – Fact and Fiction (#lilly10)
More from the the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio… The Truth about Learning Styles (Linda …
POD Network Conference 2010 – Metacognitive Activities and Disciplinary Thinking
One of the sessions I attended last week at the 2010 POD Network Conference in St. Louis was offered by Matt Kaplan …
My Approach to Facilitating Teaching Innovation
I was recently asked (by Stephanie Chasteen) to describe my approach to helping faculty innovate in their teaching. While I’ve been asked …