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#shakeass16 debate - 1 views

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    Academics debate Shakespeare Association hashtag on Twitter
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These Misconceptions Are Keeping School in the 1960's | ThinkThankThunk - 3 views

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    "The most important thing about BIG is that we know we're wrong. We don't know what a student should know. We can't predict the future. When working with a group, we allow the needs of the group to dictate the instruction and curated content we provide in response to the need. This has two effects: I like my job and am happier, and the students are never hidden from the planning of learning. "
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Reacting to the Past - 0 views

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    "Reacting to the Past (RTTP) consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work. It seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills. Reacting to the Past was honored with the 2004 Theodore Hesburgh Award (TIAA-CREF) for outstanding innovation in higher education. "
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Online Literacy and the College Learner: Transfer Research and Technology - DML Central - 1 views

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    ""One thing I've been thinking about lately is that the way I present myself in the online course is pretty different from how I present myself in the face-to-face course. In the first iteration of the course, I presented myself in a way that I assumed would be most effective." She described emphasizing a scripted, polished presentation and a no-nonsense persona of clarity and precision. "Now I am concerned less with my authority as a teacher in an online environment. Before, I presented myself in a more authoritative matter, which was not as effective, because I had a certain feeling of a barrier between myself and the class." She explained how she was willing to risk "being more effusive, more warm in written communication, more bubbly for lack of a better term" than her initial impulses dictated. "

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Things You Can't Talk About in a Coca-Cola Ad - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    "When Daniel Joseph, a York University doctoral student studying labor and technology, found out about Coca-Cola's GIF the Feeling promotion, he knew exactly what he wanted to make with it: a Coke-branded critique of capitalism."
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Alternate Reality Gaming Spices Up Professional Development -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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    "But this was his first use of an ARLE for professional development. "In gaming, you fail 80 percent of the time, and you enjoy the experience and come back for more," he said. "This lets you put students in situations where they fail, and learn from their failure, safely. At the same time, the authenticity of the learning experience is off the charts.""
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How Long Will Your Class Remain Yours? Academic Freedom and Control of the Classroom - ... - 2 views

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    Come for the argument, stay for the Monty Python clip...
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London's Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History - National Geographic Magazine - 0 views

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    Beautiful, informative, multimodal composition.
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What World Are We Building? - 2 views

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    Really good/important article about technology and society
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