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News: Freedom at a Price - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views
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A story about the Board of Regents' plan to reduce government involvement in Ohio's public universities appeared in InsideHigherEd today.
New study suggests that faculty development has a demonstrable impact on student learning - 1 views
Use of the term Flipped Classroom - Turn to Your Neighbor: The Official Peer Instructio... - 2 views
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Characteristics of "flipped" classrooms, along with a little history of the concept. It is not as new as it seems.
Obermark et al. New TA Development Model. WPA, Fall 2015. Posted 02/08/2016. | College ... - 0 views
Inventing a New Kind of College - 1 views
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There are many reasons professors who lecture don't want to give it up. Tradition may be the mightiest force. "Lecturing is just the way a lot of professors have always done it," says Joe Redish, a physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park who has done research on why lectures aren't effective.
5 Things You Can Do To Prepare For The New Semester - ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicl... - 1 views
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personal items to reduce stress while teaching
More Professors Give Out Hand-Held Devices to Monitor Students and Engage Them (New Yor... - 1 views
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New York Times article about use of clickers in higher education.
News: Whose Agenda? - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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Interesting study with some important implications for how we look at student evaluations. ""Even when there is no evidence of bias, students believe that minorities bring political baggage into the classroom, whereas whites, men, and heterosexuals bring with them the cool heads of objectivity," said Anderson."
Seeking additional credible information about Chinese applicants, colleges use video in... - 0 views
Assessing MOOCs at HigherEdTech conference | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
2013 Andrew Heiskell Award Winners - 1 views
What It Takes to Build a MOOC | EdSurge News - 1 views
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Pretty comprehensive report on a MOOC via Coursera at Duke University
Faculty responsible for making online materials accessible for disabled students | Insi... - 0 views
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OSU's Scott Lissner quoted at the National Association of College and Unversity Attoneys.
Study suggests graduate student instructors influence undergraduates to major in the di... - 0 views
Anne Murphy Paul: Why Floundering Is Good - 1 views
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Call it the "learning paradox": the more you struggle and even fail while you're trying to master new information, the better you're likely to recall and apply that information later. Teachers can design for "productive failure" by building it into the learning process.
Study Abroad May Not Be Quickest Route to Cross-Cultural Understanding - Global - The C... - 0 views
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A new report concludes that study overseas brings students into greater contact with people from diverse backgrounds. But it has little impact on students' relativistic appreciation of or comfort with cultural differences.