Mobile Learning and the Inverted Classroom (#EDUSprint)
Number four on my list of five types of mobile learning is the use of mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, and such) …
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 …
Revolution or Evolution? How Should Higher Ed Change in Response to Social Technologies?
Following up on some of my previous posts about pedagogical change, Jim Julius of San Diego State University and Dwayne Harapnuik of …
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 …
POD Conference 2010 – What Are Emerging Trends in Higher Education?
During the final session of last week’s 2010 POD Network Conference in St. Louis, POD’s Professional Development Committee (PCD) identified several “emerging …
POD Network Conference 2010 – Revolution or Evolution?
I’ll be writing more about the session at the POD Network Conference in St. Louis I facilitated last week with Dwayne Harapnuik …
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 …
The Face-to-Face Lecture, Only Accidentally Valuable? Lessons from Cognitive Surplus
Here’s the next installment in my series (parts one, two, and three) on Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity …
Cognitive Surplus: Teaching in an Age of Abundance
I’m reading Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. Shirky’s central argument is that people now …