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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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shared by Joe Murphy on 07 Jun 16 - No Cached

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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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shared by Joe Murphy on 04 Jun 16 - No Cached

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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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shared by Joe Murphy on 31 May 16 - No Cached

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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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shared by Joe Murphy on 15 May 16 - No Cached

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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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shared by Joe Murphy on 05 May 16 - No Cached

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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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The research on course evaluations - 1 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 13 Apr 16 - No Cached

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Terrific podcast discussion reviewing the body of literature on course evaluations. Did you know it's one of the deepest areas of research in the scholarship of teaching and learning?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Terrific podcast discussion reviewing the body of literature on course evaluations. Did you know it's one of the deepest areas of research in the scholarship of teaching and learning?</div>

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How a Google Spreadsheet Saved My Literature Class - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 12 Apr 16 - No Cached

Joe Murphy on 12 Apr 16

Fascinating examples of ways that a shared spreadsheet, thrown up on a projector, can be used to manage group work, record ideas from class conversation, and develop arguments and the use of evidence.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fascinating examples of ways that a shared spreadsheet, thrown up on a projector, can be used to manage group work, record ideas from class conversation, and develop arguments and the use of evidence.</div>

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Study finds choice of major most influenced by quality of intro professor - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 11 Apr 16 - No Cached

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"Students select or reject majors based in large part on the quality of the first college instructor they have in the discipline, new research finds."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Students select or reject majors based in large part on the quality of the first college instructor they have in the discipline, new research finds."</div>

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Higher Ed: The 'Messiness' of Learning - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 09 Apr 16 - No Cached

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Kenyon folks may appreciate Ed Burger's comments in this podcast about the tidyness of our campuses and the messiness of the learning process.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Kenyon folks may appreciate Ed Burger's comments in this podcast about the tidyness of our campuses and the messiness of the learning process.</div>

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How a 'Syllabus Commons' Could Change Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 09 Apr 16 - No Cached

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There's some interesting potential for a "big data" approach to publishing syllabi.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There's some interesting potential for a "big data" approach to publishing syllabi.</div>

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The Web We Need to Give Students - 1 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 08 Apr 16 - No Cached

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One way to get students thinking about privacy issues is to put them in control of publishing their own work.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One way to get students thinking about privacy issues is to put them in control of publishing their own work.</div>

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Students Are 'Hacking' Their School-Issued iPads: Good for Them - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 07 Apr 16 - No Cached

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One administrative reaction to increasing computer use in the classroom is to try and lock down the computers tighter. There's something to this, in terms of protecting a group resource - but it can also create a distracting challenge for students who just want their school iPad to work like their home one does. Sometimes trust and active supervision work better than technical lockdowns!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One administrative reaction to increasing computer use in the classroom is to try and lock down the computers tighter. There's something to this, in terms of protecting a group resource - but it can also create a distracting challenge for students who just want their school iPad to work like their home one does. Sometimes trust and active supervision work better than technical lockdowns!</div>

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Muy Loco Parentis: How 'Freakouts' Over Student Privacy Hamper Innovation - 0 views

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Michael Feldstein says that "there is a moral imperative to protect students' privacy" - but then rightly questions whether we're "protecting" privacy by taking choices away from students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Michael Feldstein says that "there is a moral imperative to protect students' privacy" - but then rightly questions whether we're "protecting" privacy by taking choices away from students.</div>

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Publishing Student Work While Respecting Privacy - 0 views

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There are many benefits to having students present work in public. How do you engage students with the issues of privacy and public representation around that work?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There are many benefits to having students present work in public. How do you engage students with the issues of privacy and public representation around that work?</div>

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Showcasing Digital Student Work - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 01 Apr 16 - No Cached

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I noticed a number of tables at yesterday's Celebration of High Impact Practices where students were displaying their work on small laptop screens. How can we improve this experience for the next celebration - and what other venues for showcasing student work could we be using?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I noticed a number of tables at yesterday's Celebration of High Impact Practices where students were displaying their work on small laptop screens. How can we improve this experience for the next celebration - and what other venues for showcasing student work could we be using?</div>

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Reframing Libraries - 0 views

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shared by Joe Murphy on 24 Mar 16 - No Cached

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The new ACRL Framework for Information Literacy gives a higher priority to understanding how knowledge is produced and shared. This article discusses ways that could play out in the design of library services. How could it affect your course and curriculum design?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The new ACRL Framework for Information Literacy gives a higher priority to understanding how knowledge is produced and shared. This article discusses ways that could play out in the design of library services. How could it affect your course and curriculum design?</div>

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Take-aways from the Lilly Conference - 0 views

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