GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
Much could be written about the semester, but this final post will serve mainly as an invitation to peruse our “Greatest Hits” in the section below. These posts were nominated by the class and the editorial collective as examples of the most engaging and significant work to emerge out of our work together this term. They suggest the range and […]
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As we pause to give thanks this week, please take some time to reflect on the readings for our final unit (week 14). The articles by Parker Palmer and Dan Edelstein are especially relevant, and if you are only going to read two more things for this class, please, please, please let these be the pieces you choose. Think about […]
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Alternate titles for this week include: “The Keys to Happiness,” “Balance and Flow” and “Making the Genie Work for You.” Read. Watch. Ponder. Post. Image by Pete Linforth
Read moreIt is all here: “The teacher who thinks “correctly” transmits to the students the beauty of our way of existing in the world as historical beings, capable of intervening in and knowing this world. Historical as we are, our knowledge of the world has historicity. It transmits, in addition, that our knowledge, when newly produced, […]
Next week we will continue to explore inclusive pedagogy with a focus on the tenets of critical pedagogy and work of Paulo Freire. Before seminar, please read the Kincheloe article and go through Dr. Fowler’s PowerPoint slides (on Scholar) to familiarize yourself with Paulo Freire’s pedagogy. Many of you are likely familiar with the often-anthologized chapter two from Pedagogy of […]
Read moreIn lieu of an introduction: After two glorious years facilitating the New Media Seminar, my charge as Faculty Fellow for Technology-Enhanced Learning and Online Strategies shifted this fall to the Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI). These are distinctly different, but also related projects. While the New Media Seminar brought together faculty, staff and graduate students […]
Next week we will examine contemporary diversity issues and think about how to use inclusive pedagogy in our classrooms. Just as our learning environments are complex, so are the individuals that comprise them. Everyone has visible as well as “invisible” cultural identities, and inclusive pedagogy attends to those differences. Inclusive pedagogy seeks to engage learners in ways that are inclusive […]
Read moreLast night’s GEDI seminar provided plenty of action and interaction, as we thought about various ways to engage the imaginations of 21st-Century learners, debated whether or not gaming might save the world (or condemn it once and for all), and concluded with an impressive round of Massively Multi-Player Thumb Wrestling guided by Jane McGonigal herself. […]
This week you have a great opportunity to explore your teaching style and approach. What kind of a teacher are you? How would you like to teach? Please consult the readings for next week — they range considerably in tone and intent, and then tell us about your “authentic teaching self.”
Read moreFor many of us, the discussion of assessment this week circled around issues of incentive, and motivation (external vs. internal). Several people identified imagination as a key ingredient in all of the above. One of us even noted that the future needed to be imagined before it could be invented. Next week is all about firing up the imagination for […]
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