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Hi, I think that is what a lot of the readings were about- I just disagree with them. I think more focus should be on communication skills, regardless of platform. Instructors could expose students to what those platforms do, but many students are far more savvy on what the latest platforms are than the instructors.

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Hi, I think that is what a lot of the readings were about- I just disagree with them. I think more focus should be on communication skills, regardless of platform. Instructors could expose students to what those platforms do, but many students are far more savvy on what the latest platforms are than the instructors.

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Thanks! Yes- I feel strongly that classes shouldn’t just be about providing information without context, because many undergraduates (and graduates) will brain dump information they don’t see as important and do the minimum work if they see the assignments as busy work.

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Thanks! Yes- I feel strongly that classes shouldn’t just be about providing information without context, because many undergraduates (and graduates) will brain dump information they don’t see as important and do the minimum work if they see the assignments as busy work.

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A valid point- some instructors don’t care to learn technology. But technology is just a vehicle for communication, and those instructors could focus on improving reading/writing/critical thinking skills, which are applicable across platforms. They can just put those lessons into the context of “these will help you whether you want to win a twitter argument or you want to write a professional email to a future employer.”

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A valid point- some instructors don’t care to learn technology. But technology is just a vehicle for communication, and those instructors could focus on improving reading/writing/critical thinking skills, which are applicable across platforms. They can just put those lessons into the context of “these will help you whether you want to win a twitter argument or you want to write a professional email to a future employer.”

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Sounds like a great class!
My ideal curriculum structure would involve most courses incorporating those type of critical thinking lessons.

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Hi, Dana! I’m going to try to do some justice to Kuh’s work when it comes to answering your question, but know that there’s an entire book on it, so any succinct summary is reductive.

Basically, Kuh found these practices by observing significant positive differences in outcomes measured by the National Survey for Student Engagement. Across demographic variables, students who participated in these practices reported higher levels of positive outcomes. Not surprisingly by the nature of the survey, student engagement and retention were significantly higher as well as reported levels of advanced approaches to learning. The ten practices are listed and describe well here in an excerpt from Kuh’s work:
https://ueeval.ucr.edu/teaching_practices_inventory/Kuh_2008.pdf

Speaking from the perspective of a student affairs educator, a lot of what I end up seeing is the more qualitative effects of these 10 practices. When students engage with the practices, the transformative nature of the practices becomes apparent. It’s amazing some of the insights that students bring to the table when these practices are done well and they take the time to engage and reflect. Based on what I have seen and experienced, I’d say that these practices are where classroom learning and beyond the classroom learning intersect and students are able to make the connections of how classwork applies to the “real world.”

Hey Professor Nelson, Thank you for the thoughtful comment. I feel like I have already learned a lot about digital learning through reading my classmate’s blogs and participating in tonight’s class discussion. I still think navigating the Internet of blogs is overwhelming but some of the feedback I received suggested that I start small and build up. I’ll definitely have to check out Radiolab. In addition, a classmate’s post got me thinking that blogging could be very useful in general chemistry labs to improve student understanding and scientific writing. I am not teaching this semester but I’m going to discuss this with one of the new chemistry for non-majors instructors to see what he thinks.