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Discussion of how brains react to study abroad experience. Mentions benefit of asking students to blog about their experiences.

Course site for Literature and Literary Study in the Digital Age built using WP and the Commons in a box plug-in

Discusses use of technology in faculty research vs. teaching. Argues that a high level of interest in flipping the classroom translates to a low number of faculty who actually implement this practice due to, among other factors, lack of structural support. 

"The Realities of Research Data Management is a four-part series that explores how research universities are addressing the challenge of managing research data throughout the research lifecycle. Research data management (RDM) has emerged as an area of keen interest in higher education, leading to considerable investment in services, resources and infrastructure to support researchers' data management needs. In this series, we examine the context, influences and choices higher education institutions face in building or acquiring RDM capacity-in other words, the infrastructure, services and other resources needed to support emerging data management practices. Our findings are based on case studies of four institutions: University of Edinburgh (UK), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US), Monash University (Australia) and Wageningen University & Research (the Netherlands), in four very different national contexts. "

"The Geographic Data in Education (GEODE) Initiative at Northwestern University is dedicated to improving public understanding of our world through education about the Earth's physical, biological, and social systems. Toward that end, the GEODE Initiative is engaged in a program of integrated research and development in the areas of learning, teaching and educational reform. The GEODE Initiative develops and studies curriculum, software, and teacher professional development. "

Study shows flipped classroom improves student outcomes

This article about an article didn't define active learning, but it points to a study that asserts that 55% more students in STEM courses fail the course when lecture is used, as compared to active learning.

This article summarizes various studies that show that active learning if more effective than the traditional lecture, particularly for women and students of color.

The study itself involved student self-reporting of Internet use during lecture, and the researchers used ACT scores as an indicator of academic ability, but the results are not surprising: students who surfed the Internet during lecture did worse on course exams. Duh!

Interesting article about an analysis of Ronald Reagan's news conferences in an attempt to determine early signs of dementia. The "digital humanities" aspect is that the same linguistic analysis has been use to study word use patterns by novelists.