We have this tendency in higher education to throw babies out with bath water. It derives from dualistic thinking. Either something is right or wrong,
Issue 1: The classroom discussion is going pretty well. Students are offering some good comments and more than one hand is in the air. Then
That was the question, followed by, “Are they students who want to take over the classroom?” “No,” I replied, “it’s about how students approach learning—motivated,
The March 12, 2014 post raised issues about those students who really don’t want to work with others in groups … “lone wolves” as they’re
The Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory, developed by a research group at the University of Bristol in the UK, is a self-assessment tool that helps learners
Having students write their own exams is an interesting idea that arose out of the authors’ desires to increase student involvement in learning and self-evaluation,
There is growing interest in the pedagogical literature in something called feedforward. It is, as the name implies, the opposite of feedback, which provides input
The rethinking of feedback as proposed by Boud and Molloy in an article referenced here involves something called “sustainable assessment,” and its overarching goal is
Could you use some tips to help you keep up with how technology is changing teaching and learning? Here are 10 that the authors of
I love it when something in the blog leads us to new ideas and insights. Neil Haave, who teaches on the Augustana Campus of the
