Category: Week 5 – Engaging Digital Learners

Are schools continuously undervaluing the sense of imagination and creativity while learning? Are students conditioned to think in limited ways? Creativity and imagination is part of human development and the process of learning that is mysterious…

Most students don’t realize that the reason why educational lectures became a part of the traditional style of teaching is because in the United States we have the Bill of Rights! The Eighth Amendment clearly … Continue reading →

With the proliferation of internet and web 2.0, more and more people get used to learning online. They are called “digital learners”. Although we know it is helpful for people to learn efficiently online, we still need traditional way to … Continue reading →

The idea of teaching history, actively involving students in a game that fosters interest, excitement, active participation inside and outside the classroom is pretty rad. I readMark Carnes’ ‘Setting students’ minds on fire’, found here: http://chronicle.com/article/Setting-Students-Minds-on/126592/ Carnes points out the average graduation rate for students that enroll in higher education is just below 50 percent, […]

Today, in another class we were discussing a current discussion in the engineering education field. What should we focus on teaching, core knowledge or practice/solution of problems? My response was that you cannot have one without the other. You first need to learn the basic concepts before you are able to apply them and find … Continue reading Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Is there such a thing as perfect classroom? I argue that there isn’t. The type of students’ attending colleges and universities is constantly changing.  College and universities are more diverse now than they have ever been. So I think one of the most important aspects in classrooms is to know your audience. Who is in […]

This week, I would like to add to the conversation some ideas and resources about  Games and Learning. Andrew Miller brings an interesting perspective on Game-based learning. I would like to highlight two different posts by the author: 1. One explaining how games support multiple learning styles: Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory and Read/Write Learning (see infographic […]

I’m kind of shocked when reading the commentary Setting Students’ Minds on Fire which talked about Obama’s warning in the beginning. More than a third of America’s college students fail to earn degrees. (The actual figure is closer to 50 percent.) I agree money alone won’t solve the problem. Actually setting something to a high … Continue reading Money alone won’t solve the problem

We’ve spent a lot of time in class so far this semester discussing the role of testing in education and alternatives for assessment of students learning. Overall, I’m in favor of the use of real-world projects as a way to … Continue reading →

“I am myself and my circumstance” wrote Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955). The circumstance is oppressive, which creates an interaction between the person and the circumstances, turning life into a drama that exists between necessity and freedom. This same struggle is present in almost every college student, who is most likely […]