…courses, see Building Community and Creating Relevance in the Online Classroom. Problem Solving. Problem solving is the critical plot line in zombie films; characters must collaboratively deal with ill-defined, complex…
…example of how teachers tell students what they should be discovering for themselves. “Students need to become competent not only in making judgments about their own works, but also in…
Last week I tried to write a blog post about research article reviews—those quantitative, qualitative, or narrative summaries of where the research stands on a given issue. I couldn’t make…
…providing feedback like this may seem daunting, instructors can prepare comment templates, pre-determine the elements to focus the hard comments, and limit comments to avoid overwhelming both students and the…
…to bring experts into their classrooms from anywhere in the world. There are many ways to do this. For example, if students are reading an article, and it seems the…
We live in a time of never-before held access to information, which means educators must compete with a wide-ranging array of media for the finite attention of their students’ minds….
…then graded by course instructors. The move to asynchronous education may be a desirable solution, mitigating complications associated with time zones, access to technology, and because it offers everyone maximum…
…of one’s discipline area (Weisman, 2012), may signify the scientific parallels, but comparing teaching to the evoking of the imagination and all its intricate wonder is also a tenable position…
