Do you <3 your textbook? If you don’t, your students probably don’t either. What would it be like to teach a course with text materials that did exactly what you want them to do? This is the Holy Grail of the OER project. Yes, the price of textbooks is insane...
With knowledge comes responsibility. Knowledge left unchecked or unshared can turn inward and devour the pupil. Some pupils wish to be devoured in order to avoid sharing knowledge. This, again, is the ego and thinking others cannot be trusted with knowledge. While...
I have been thinking about flipping my math class for several years. Last spring I finally did it. I completely flipped my MTH 120 class and will flip others as I find the time required to get it set up. The main tool that has allowed me to flip my class is EdPuzzle...
I get stressed, sometimes, by all of the grading and emailing that’s required of me in the middle of the semester, and by the unending to-do list I keep running in my brain. For work, I have a three column to-do list that, when not woefully neglected, works really...
Perhaps some of you have seen the video circulating on Facebook lately that features a collection of college students supposedly lining up for a race. But before the race begins, students answer questions that allow some of them to move ahead of their peers. The point...
There is a deep well of knowledge that not everyone knows how to access. Some who access it have no want to share it with others. Some share about the knowledge but they don't share the knowledge itself. Few find the knowledge. Fewer are willing and able to give true...
[slideshow_deploy id='12402'] Last Tuesday, you discussed free speech on campus, you learned about English language learners and dual-enrolled students, you built a food pantry boat, you shared stories of innovation and OER adoption and so much more! We had over 40...
Here are a couple interesting articles I have run across lately. "Multitasking Isn't Making You More Efficient, It's Frying Your Attention Span" by Daniel Goleman is excerpted from his new book called Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind,...
Free Speech in the Classroom What rights do students have to free speech in class? What rights, obligations and legal responsibilities do faculty have? How can we create a space that encourages civil discussion of difficult issues? How does freedom of speech fit with...