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Do You Assign Enough Reading? Or Too Much? - 0 views

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"Faced with the question - How much reading should we assign? - I think most instructors would agree that the best answer is: "It depends."" One way to break the tyranny of "coverage" is to deeply consider your goals for how students will make meaning with the reading you assign.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Faced with the question - How much reading should we assign? - I think most instructors would agree that the best answer is: "It depends."" One way to break the tyranny of "coverage" is to deeply consider your goals for how students will make meaning with the reading you assign.</div>

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How Much Should We Assign? Estimating Out of Class Workload - 1 views

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Interesting calculator for estimating the amount of time your assigned work may be taking your students, with a review of the supporting research. How does this match your assumptions and expectations?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting calculator for estimating the amount of time your assigned work may be taking your students, with a review of the supporting research. How does this match your assumptions and expectations?</div>

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Essay on how faculty members can keep focused amid so much disturbing news - 1 views

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"What if you decided that difficult times call for radical self-care? In other words, start with a basic assumption that your health is your top priority. Without it, nothing else is possible." Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers suggestions for maintaining your health in times of crisis.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"What if you decided that difficult times call for radical self-care? In other words, start with a basic assumption that your health is your top priority. Without it, nothing else is possible." Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers suggestions for maintaining your health in times of crisis.</div>

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9 Tools for the Accidental Writing Teacher - 0 views

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Good mix of practical tips for managing your grading and pedagogical tips for helping students learn to do college-level writing.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Good mix of practical tips for managing your grading and pedagogical tips for helping students learn to do college-level writing.</div>

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School Is Bad for Students - 1 views

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I hear a lot of concern about our students being "fragile", and there's a lot of good effort put into helping them learn to "cope." But what are the things which we could change - in our classrooms, in our campus culture - to promote good mental health?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I hear a lot of concern about our students being "fragile", and there's a lot of good effort put into helping them learn to "cope." But what are the things which we could change - in our classrooms, in our campus culture - to promote good mental health?</div>

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Exploring The Psychology of Cheating - 1 views

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How could research on the psychology of cheating impact our discussions about academic honesty?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">How could research on the psychology of cheating impact our discussions about academic honesty? </div>

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A Moonshot Approach to Change in Higher Education: Creativity, Innovation, and the Rede... - 0 views

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The authors describe ways in which design thinking gives students a chance to practice interdisciplinarity and engage with big questions. What if students were encouraged to bring those skills to bear on campus issues?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The authors describe ways in which design thinking gives students a chance to practice interdisciplinarity and engage with big questions. What if students were encouraged to bring those skills to bear on campus issues?</div>

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Accessible Syllabus - 2 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 26 Jun 16 - No Cached

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A new resource from Tulane University gives design tips for making syllabi more accessible and engaging. "Countless instructors complain that students don't read the syllabus. We believe students would use the document more effectively if it were designed more accessibly."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new resource from Tulane University gives design tips for making syllabi more accessible and engaging. "Countless instructors complain that students don't read the syllabus. We believe students would use the document more effectively if it were designed more accessibly."</div>

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To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 25 Jun 16 - No Cached

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We spend a lot of time thinking about how to make course material "interesting" - what if we spent some of that time looking for ways to make it "affective"?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We spend a lot of time thinking about how to make course material "interesting" - what if we spent some of that time looking for ways to make it "affective"?</div>

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Notes Towards a Syllabus for Understanding Brexit - 1 views

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This is described as "a work in progress" and "current status: brain dump" (6/24 3PM), and as such there are a couple head-scratchers on this reading list. At the same time, it's a fascinating example of digital collaboration as teachers work toward classroom discussions of current events.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is described as "a work in progress" and "current status: brain dump" (6/24 3PM), and as such there are a couple head-scratchers on this reading list. At the same time, it's a fascinating example of digital collaboration as teachers work toward classroom discussions of current events.</div>

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The Code Switch Podcast, Episode 1: Can We Talk About Whiteness? - 2 views

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NPR's new podcast Code Switch examines whiteness and the way the concept is taught by colleagues at Clemson and Beloit. Well worth a listen.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">NPR's new podcast Code Switch examines whiteness and the way the concept is taught by colleagues at Clemson and Beloit. Well worth a listen.</div>

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Are Your Students Learning From Their Mistakes? - 1 views

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Do you allow rewrites or makeup exams? David Gooblar argues that these can be important opportunities for students to learn from their errors. (Also some good examples, alternatives, and disagreements in the comments.)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Do you allow rewrites or makeup exams? David Gooblar argues that these can be important opportunities for students to learn from their errors. (Also some good examples, alternatives, and disagreements in the comments.)</div>

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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything - 0 views

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It seems like everyone I talk to has well more than 3 months' worth of "summer projects." We talk about our overstuffed schedules. We even complain about depth vs. breadth and "coverage" in our courses and majors. Maybe the summer's not a bad time to consider a little productive surrender.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It seems like everyone I talk to has well more than 3 months' worth of "summer projects." We talk about our overstuffed schedules. We even complain about depth vs. breadth and "coverage" in our courses and majors. Maybe the summer's not a bad time to consider a little productive surrender.</div>

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Confidence Tests and Exam Wrappers - 0 views

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Asking students to report their confidence in an answer is a way to get them to reflect on their own learning, and gives you a window on where understanding and error may lie.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Asking students to report their confidence in an answer is a way to get them to reflect on their own learning, and gives you a window on where understanding and error may lie.</div>

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Making Disability Part of the Conversation - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 04 Jun 16 - No Cached

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Provocative questions from Rick Godden and Anne-Marie Womack regarding recent studies about the benefits of paper-and-pen notetaking and resulting calls for screen bans in classrooms. "Are people with disabilities, then, doomed to substandard learning?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Provocative questions from Rick Godden and Anne-Marie Womack regarding recent studies about the benefits of paper-and-pen notetaking and resulting calls for screen bans in classrooms. "Are people with disabilities, then, doomed to substandard learning?"</div>

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Why I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts Majors - 0 views

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"Technology is a part of our human experience, not a replacement to it."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Technology is a part of our human experience, not a replacement to it."</div>

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Class Time Reconsidered: Flipping the Literature Class - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 02 Jun 16 - No Cached

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I've heard (and said) that small humanities classes already are "flipped", but Derek Bruff gives some examples which show that a lit class can still be flipped. Even close reading and response writing "can benefit from what Helen Shin calls "shared temporal, spatial, and cognitive presence.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I've heard (and said) that small humanities classes already are "flipped", but Derek Bruff gives some examples which show that a lit class can still be flipped. Even close reading and response writing "can benefit from what Helen Shin calls "shared temporal, spatial, and cognitive presence.""</div>

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Gone Fishin': How Bass Fishing Helped My Classroom Approach - 1 views

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"Both fishing and teaching are unsolvable puzzles." Are there lessons you can bring to teaching from your hobbies?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Both fishing and teaching are unsolvable puzzles." Are there lessons you can bring to teaching from your hobbies?</div>

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Sometimes I Don't Hate Grading. Why? - 0 views

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Some interesting thoughts about what makes grading a chore, and what can make it rewarding.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some interesting thoughts about what makes grading a chore, and what can make it rewarding.</div>

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Are You Being Rigorous or Just Intolerant? - 0 views

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Some interesting examples here of times when annoying classroom behaviors can be symptoms of issues with a student's wellbeing, and a few ideas of ways we can help students cope without just abandoning rigor. "Too often when faculty discuss students with mental-health conditions, the conversation ends in the same place: Either we establish rigorous standards or we coddle students. But that is a false binary."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some interesting examples here of times when annoying classroom behaviors can be symptoms of issues with a student's wellbeing, and a few ideas of ways we can help students cope without just abandoning rigor. "Too often when faculty discuss students with mental-health conditions, the conversation ends in the same place: Either we establish rigorous standards or we coddle students. But that is a false binary."</div>

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