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Joe Murphy

What 'Learning How to Think' Really Means - 0 views

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general_education liberal_arts

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  • Joe Murphy on 19 Jun 15
     
    "In my view, the way to defend the value of college is to defend the importance of intellectual virtues and then show that the education that colleges provide is successful at cultivating those virtues." Swarthmore psychologist Barry Schwartz gives an interesting list of the habits of mind which are the components of "critical thinking."
Joe Murphy

Are we asking the right questions? - 0 views

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information_literacy psychology

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  • Joe Murphy on 17 Jun 15
     
    A good research or critical thinking assignment teaches students to refine their questions as they gather and review evidence. Do we give enough attention to the process of generating those first introductory-level questions?
Joe Murphy

Disability studies scholars present accessibility guidelines - 0 views

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accessibility open book ebook

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  • Joe Murphy on 17 Jun 15
     
    A group of disabilities studies scholars have released a template letter designed to convince publishers to make more books available in accessible formats. It's a good reminder that everything is negotiable, but you have to ask. (Similar to author's addenda in the open access movement, if enough people start requesting these riders, publishers will see a new reason to change their standard practices.)
Joe Murphy

Digital Public Library of America - Call for Educator Participants - 0 views

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information_literacy cfp

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  • Joe Murphy on 17 Jun 15
     
    The Digital Public Library of America is recruiting educators interested in curating digitized primary sources and writing teachers' guides to using those sources from grade school into college.
Joe Murphy

7 Things You Should Know About Degree-Planning Tools - 0 views

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  • Joe Murphy on 16 Jun 15
     
    A degree-planning tool gives a student personalized guidance in choosing paths through the curriculum and potentially the co-curriculum. While this brief focuses on planning tools as they improve student retention, they are also powerful tools for helping students see coherent themes in a liberal arts education.
Joe Murphy

What the best college teachers do - Podcast with Ken Bain - 1 views

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best_practices podcast SoTL bookclub

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  • Joe Murphy on 15 Jun 15
     
    We're having a series of book club meetings (and a book club blog) on Ken Bain's book this summer. This interview is particularly interesting for the way Bain expands on his thinking since the book was published.
Joe Murphy

Participate in Global Accessibility Awareness Day - 1 views

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accessibility online

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  • Joe Murphy on 22 May 15
     
    A number of good tips for making sure your documents are useful for people with vision impairment, color blindness, and people who use screen readers. Some require technical know-how, but anyone could go mouseless or change the default font size and ask whether their page still works right.
Joe Murphy

Let Students Summarize the Previous Lesson - 0 views

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course_mechanics presentations studying peer_instruction

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  • Joe Murphy on 20 May 15
     
    If you start your classes with a review of the previous class, remember that "the person who does the work does the learning." Maybe that's an opportunity for a low-stakes oral presentation!
Joe Murphy

A Professor Crowdsources a Syllabus on the Charleston Shootings - 2 views

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race crisis syllabi tragedy social_media current_events

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  • Joe Murphy on 23 Jun 15
     
    Many faculty members struggle with how (and whether) to address current events in the classroom. Chad Williams used social media to build a categorized reading list related to the Charleston shootings. It also makes some interesting points about faculty members' potential role as public intellectuals.
Joe Murphy

How to Grow a Classroom Culture That Supports Blended Learning - 0 views

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classroom_dynamic group_work blended_learning collaboration

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  • Joe Murphy on 24 Jun 15
     
    So you've decided to "free up" some class time by using technology differently in your class. What then? This article gives interesting examples of increasing group work in a "blended" classroom, and the kind of environment which supports independent but collaborative learning.
Joe Murphy

Civic Prompts: Making Civic Learning Routine across the Disciplines - 0 views

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  • Joe Murphy on 24 Jun 15
     
    "What do students need to know from their major in order to meet their civic obligations at work and in their local and global communities?" This report from AAC&U provides an intriguing framework for a department exploring how its majors are (and aren't) exposed to the public aspects of the discipline.
Joe Murphy

Building a Better Discussion - 0 views

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discussion

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  • Joe Murphy on 20 Jul 15
     
    Facilitating good discussion is actually really hard work. Perhaps that's why it's so frustrating when a class "just doesn't click." James Lang reviews a new book (and some shorter resources) which helps explain the steps of sparking discussion.
  • Joe Murphy on 20 Jul 15
     
    Facilitating good discussion is actually really hard work. Perhaps that's why it's so frustrating when a class "just doesn't click." James Lang reviews a new book (and some shorter resources) which helps explain the steps of sparking discussion.
Joe Murphy

Modeling the Behavior We Expect in Class - 0 views

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  • Joe Murphy on 20 Jul 15
     
    If we want to help students take risks and cope with failure, we're going to have to make it transparent when we're doing that as scholars and teachers too.
Joe Murphy

Courageous Conversation: Formative Assessment and Grading - 0 views

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assessment grading

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  • Joe Murphy on 14 Jul 15
     
    How many points should you give students for first drafts, project reports, and other assignments which show the student's progress toward an end goal? Andrew Miller argues for zero - he cleaves summative grading from formative assessments. (Mostly.)
Joe Murphy

Celebrating Student Achievement - "Your Shining Moment" - 0 views

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metacognition

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  • Joe Murphy on 14 Jul 15
     
    How do you look at a student's work and grade the "effort" or "process" which went into it? One answer might be asking them to state briefly what they did particularly well this time around.
Eric Holdener

Wanted in College Graduates: Tolerance for Ambiguity - 1 views

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students self-sufficiency resilience mindset

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  • Eric Holdener on 13 Jul 15
     
    Those are the Kenyon gates, but the article does not specifically mention Kenyon at all. The lesson to take away from this, though, is very much a Kenyon message.
Joe Murphy

Classroom Freedom Versus Control - 0 views

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classroom_dynamic motivation course_design

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  • Joe Murphy on 30 Jun 15
     
    We want independent, self-motivated learners, but we also know clear expectations are key to teaching disciplinary modes of thinking (and avoiding basic errors). How do you balance that tension?
Joe Murphy

Where Should You Keep Your Data? - 0 views

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data quantitative_reasoning backup

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  • Joe Murphy on 29 Jun 15
     
    How are you storing your research data, and how are you sharing it? Funders are starting to require formal data management plans, including open accessibility, as part of grant applications. Are you talking to your students about these issues?
Joe Murphy

Tonic for the Boring Syllabus - 1 views

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  • Joe Murphy on 29 Jun 15
     
    Syllabi have to include clear policies, but Ed Cunliff says "I have yet to see a policy on syllabi that demands they bore the reader!" By addressing writing style, formal structure, and graphic design, Cunliff tries to make his syllabi lively, engaging documents. What do you do to get students interested in the syllabus?
Joe Murphy

How to Avoid Being Fooled by Bad Maps - 1 views

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  • Joe Murphy on 29 Jun 15
     
    How do you look at a map, and understand it as an argument about data? And how do you recognize common holes in those arguments? This might be a useful reading for courses with a mapping (or map-reading) component.
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