Pedagogy Matters

By Doug Lederman, April 4, 2011 Inside HigherEd The author discusses a new campaign by AFT Higher Education. The effort will have members of the American Federation of Teachers (represented by more than 200,000 college and university instructors, professional staff and graduate students) more directly involved in national and campus discussions on student success in higher education.

Direct link to the GSCC group resources.

Wellman, J.V. (2010, January) Occasional Paper No. 3 by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

"With all the talk about the need for more accountability, surprisingly little is known about what kind of resources an institution needs in order to produce a given level of student attainment. Jane Wellman charts this territory and discovers some surprises, such as how conclusions about cost-effectiveness change when the metric is cost-per-degree rather than the traditional cost-per-enrollment. One result is that, contrary to popular belief, community colleges are not cheap when it comes to cost-per-degree. Another important insight-again against the grain of conventional wisdom-is that simply investing more money does not appear to produce more or better outcomes. As Wellman points out, the key to productivity is intentionally targeted investments."

By Stanley Fish, August 1, 2008. On Hover Institution, Stanford University

This article was mentioned in Reid's Lesson for Instructional Strategies: Contextualization forum.

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One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

The Public Conversations Project facilitates dialogues on a wide range of often controversial issues.

Mentioned by Jammer in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto as a potential collaborator to promote public dialogue.

A national network of scholars, campus leaders, and civic leaders committed to strengthening democracy in and through higher education.

Mentioned by Jammer in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto as a potential collaborator to promote public dialogue.

A national leader in the field of civic participation and community change, Everyday Democracy helps people of different backgrounds and views talk and work together to solve problems and create communities that work for everyone.

Mentioned by Jammer in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto as a potential collaborator to promote public dialogue.

Public Agenda provides research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life.

Mentioned by Jammer in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto as a potential collaborator to promote public dialogue.

By Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Ed, December 11, 2009. In mid-December, 2009 the annual meeting of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education focused on assessments. This Inside Higher Ed article recaps the conversation at the meeting about the need to use assessments and tips on how to do so.

Ewell, P. (2009, November) Occasional Paper 1 by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

In 1987, Peter Ewell delivered a paper at the AAHE Assessment Forum entitled "Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: Managing the Contradiction." This NILOA Occasional Paper analyzes what is the same and what has changed over the past two decades, and offers suggestions for how institutions can manage the persistent tension between the twin purposes of assessment in the current higher education environment.

Banta, T.W., Griffin, M., Flateby, T.L. & Kahn, S. (2009, December) Occassional Paper No. 2 by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

Of the various ways to assess student learning outcomes, many faculty members prefer what are called "authentic" approaches that document student performance during or at the end of a course or program of study. In this paper, assessment experts Trudy Banta, Merilee Griffin, Teresa Flateby, and Susan Kahn describe the development of several promising authentic assessment approaches. The contributors draw on their rich assessment experience to illustrate how portfolios, common analytic rubrics, and online assessment communities can more effectively link assessment practices to pedagogy.

Screen capture presentation tool that is used by many of our faculty, including for GSCC presentations.

DW mentions in Pedagogy Matters! Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action.

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DW mentions in Pedagogy Matters! Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action.

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DW mentions in Pedagogy Matters! Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action.

By Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.

This is included in the Pedagogy Matters! Book, category: Assessment. Also mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

Two assessment techniques from this book mentioned in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition: The Minute Paper" and "Muddiest Point." "They help teachers determine whether students are picking up on important ideas. Teachers get snapshots of where students are struggling so that teachers can adjust instruction--for example, spending more time reviewing a key concept. These strategies also benefit students. Students have to attend to what they have just learned, maybe synthesize concepts from various lectures, and articulate what they know and do not know. Students generally do not take time to think about their thinking, or to try to express their struggles. Therefore, they are unlikely to get to a stage where they can formulate solutions for problems they are having."

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Mashable.com is a very popular site for learning more about important social media tools, with information on trends, lists (e.g. 11 Essential Social Media Resources You Might Have Missed), and how-tos, included guides to Twitter and Facebook.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

A project of Global Voices Online. Goal is to build a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and online activists.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Slideshare presentation by Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Communications Director South Carolina State Library

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.