GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
This week’s reading is about attention and multitasking in class. I really like the article “The Myth of the disconnected life” as it reflects the facts in our daily life. It mentions how it is necessary and helpful to disconnect from internet, cellphone for sometime and spend more time with family and people around us. … Continue reading Technology and multitasking →
Read moreThis week’s reading is about attention and multitasking in class. I really like the article “The Myth of the disconnected life” as it reflects the facts in our daily life. It mentions how it is necessary and helpful to disconnect from internet, cellphone for sometime and spend more time with family and people around us. … Continue reading Technology and multitasking →
Read moreI really like this week’s reading and I appreciate the awareness of diversity by faculty and students in higher education. I feel very lucky that I have had some positive experiences in terms of diversity during my graduate study that have changed my life. Before I came to U.S. , diversity is not something in … Continue reading GRAD5114: When I am a Diversity Contributor →
Read moreI have taught online classes and have worked as teaching assistant for four semesters and I’ll be teaching my first in-class course in Spring 2016 semester! I am really excited about it and I also start getting prepared for it this semester. This week’s reading is really helpful for my preparation and makes me think … Continue reading GRAD5114: Know yourself and your students →
Read moreI didn’t realize that our blog posts are about the coming week’s reading until last week, so I have been writing reflections after class in previous four weeks! As we did that in our Preparing Future Professoriate class…so I guess I am a victim of rigid thinking that I gained from so many years of … Continue reading GRAD5114: Review of Online Gerontology Courses →
Read moreIn this week’s class, we learned about mindful learning and anti-teaching. I also learned about Wordle which looks really cool, even though it didn’t work on my computer. I liked the articles we read in class. Among those, I really like Langer (2000)’s article about mindful learning, as it makes me reflect on my own … Continue reading Thoughts about mindful learning →
Read moreIn our second class, we watched an interesting TED talk and debated about whether we should keep standard tests and what are the best ways to evaluate learning process and the qualification of students for college or graduate programs. It was a good discussion, even though I agree with many of the opinions about why … Continue reading GRAD 5114: Thoughts about Standard Test →
Read moreI have been looking forward to our contemporary pedagogy class since I took the Preparing Futures Professoriate (PFP) class last Fall Semester and the first class showed me how fun and useful this class will be! Tonight’s class was great, I enjoyed every minute as it was so different from traditional classes that I have … Continue reading Grad 5114: Thoughts on First Class and Connected Learning →
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