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Meme:Passion Quilt
I am grateful to be a reader of Tricia’s Miss Rumphius Effect because her dedicated writing gives me the opportunity to know her better–and to learn all kinds of great things about books and poetry! So I am answering her “tag” here, happy to be a part of such a wonderful quilt.
What […]
Who is this “We” we are talking about?
After following some links, I ended up at this post over at Connectivism. Various people are discussing the merits of the idea that, when discussing technology and teaching, we should always put pedagogy first. It is an interesting discussion, to be sure, but I want to raise a different question, a question that […]
Read More..>>A Little Dreaming
Sometimes, with other educator friends, I will get into one of those converstations: If you could create a school any way you want, what would it be like? Recently, I saw that an educator that I so admire is leaving the confines of the academy–maybe to pursue such a dream? I only know […]
Read More..>>on faculty development and small colleges
Michael Reder is leader of the Small College group at POD, and a wonderful colleague. He was one of the first people to help me see the particular challenges of talking about teaching at a liberal arts institution that values teaching. I know, that sounds like I have left out a word or made […]
Read More..>>As if the universe heard my angst…
of the last several days, this article appeared in Inside Higher Ed (or if not the universe, at least my pal Libby who alerted me to the article!) Now, I know, most people don’t get excited by articles with “Assessment” in the title. But listen to this:
The problem is not that we don’t […]
The Measure of a Teacher
Almost a month ago now, Tricia wrote a post that has remained on the edges of my thoughts. She says:
I guess it all depends upon the “lens” through which we choose to look at these things. The numbers can be helpful to an extent, but seeing candidates in action is really the most telling […]
Favorite things from ELI 2008
At the last minute, I signed up to attend Bryan Alexander’s pre-conference workshop. Looking back on my time at ELI this year, I have to say that I couldn’t possibly have gotten off to a better start. Why? It was such fun. We played with different ways to tell stories, and one […]
Read More..>>Martin Luther King Day
Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies. This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men…. When […]
Read More..>>blogsnobbery?
So there I was last fall, idealistic and righteous and inspired by the best. I was going to have my students do “real” blogging, the kind where they take off on their own and find themselves writing everyday and transforming their lives. I wrote this in a draft post that I never posted:
I […]
Training vs. Deep Learning for Faculty
I want to ask a question: is faculty development in information technology the same as faculty development in general?
Here is the unnamed pachyderm: university faculty are not trained as educators. As Ken Bain wrote in his book, great educators do exist in higher ed, but they have found their own way there through instinct […]