We Are Nerds. So how do we reach our students?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt suddenly struck me, a couple of weeks after I finished my PhD, that I was a nerd. This should not have come as a surprise, since I have been a high achieving student...
View ArticleTeaching as Giving, Writing as Giving
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post is inspired by a facebook discussion about my previous post “We are Nerds“. Friend of mine pointed out that the passion with which academics want to teach their...
View ArticleDifferent approaches to student input and involvement in learning
Reading Time: 3 minutesI just read a recent article by Prensky that highlights the importance of getting student input on how they want to learn, as early as school level (unsure how “early” is, but i...
View ArticleLearning for Sustainability: on sustainable assessment #flsustain
Reading Time: 1 minutesI use this post to note my favorite quotes/ideas on “sustainable assessment” from the book “Learning for Sustainability”, which is one of the texts for the FutureLearn MOOC...
View ArticleNovelty, noise, and scaffolding
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome days you come across an idea that provides you with unexpected insights. The idea is simple and should have been obvious to you long ago, but somehow was not, until some...
View ArticleInspiring teaching philosophies
Reading Time: 4 minutesI am writing this post to capture/curate aspects of some of my favorite teaching philosophies written out there. Because of my new job responsibilities, I am particularly...
View ArticlePedagogy of Misunderstanding
Reading Time: 2 minutesDare I admit this? Some of the most interesting things I have done and ideas I have thought stemmed from misunderstandings! It is often considered good teaching to approach our...
View ArticleWhen Cheating is Learning – Inadvertent Plagiarism #rhizo14
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe challenge in week 1 of #rhizo14 to think about cheating made me think a lot because my work involves helping faculty at my institution deal with plagiarism. I expected to...
View ArticleThe role of power, social justice and empathy in our perception of cheating...
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m here trying to tie some of the ideas of #rhizo14 into a physical event I will be part of in a few hours. I’ll be discussing with a group of other academics my previously...
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