GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
In his article, Tim Hitchcock discusses the importance of twitter and blogging in today’s academic research setting. Hitchcock claims these platforms act to facilitate academic collaboration, teaching and public engagement. Furthermore, the content or “output” that is generated on these platforms can be a very powerful tool with the right audience. Hitchcock hits on an […]
Our topic for this week is “Assessment.” Before beginning the readings, please watch one of the Dan Pink videos posted on the Schedule (choose between the 11 minute animated version and the 18′ 30″ TED Talk). Then read “The Case Against Grades” (Alfie Kohn) and “Imagination First” (Liu and Noppe-Brandon), as well as EITHER Riley’s article on “evidence based” practice […]
Read moreSome nice quotes from this interesting video by Sir Ken Robinson on education include: “Human beings are naturally different and diverse”. “But what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage”. “Education is about learning. If there’s no learning going on, there’s no education going on”. “The role of teaching is to facilitate learning”. “There […]
From this week’s readings and videos and from the current status quo of higher education, we can see the major shift in the role of universities in society. Universities originally were centers for finding knowledge through questioning and wondering about the world around us. Philosophy, anatomy, arts, architecture… Although there was still present, in many […]
While completing the readings for this week regarding mindful learning, there were several things that came to mind. As someone who has practiced mindfulness outside of the classroom, the thought of bringing it into an academic setting seemed a bit strange at first. However, this thought was followed by a question regarding why learning is […]
So I have your attention now. This is not going to be a negative run on education, don’t worry. Every method of teaching has its merits and appropriate uses. We just need to find when these are appropriate and how … Continue reading →
Read moreOnce again, everything is on the table as long as it engages the readings for next week and /or the topic of mindfulness in teaching and learning. You might want to respond to the readings in the context of Sir Ken Robinson’s video and discussion we shared this evening. You might want to reflect on your current understanding of pedagogy […]
Read moreLast week we talked about the idea of connected learning and the impact that it can have on the way that students are learning today. Having received my Bachelors in Communication, specializing in Multimedia Journalism, I feel that I have a unique insight into how connected learning is becoming more of the norm in collegiate […]
When thinking about connected learning we start thinking about the web, blogs, twitter, facebook, … These new ways of communicating made us all able to think loudly and let the whole world listen to what we have to say; and this definitely has a big impact on how we can learn from each other. A few examples: […]
