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Week 1 (8\/26): Learning Community Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 2 (9\/2): Connected Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n Doug Belshaw “Working Openly On the Web”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Gardner Campbell, “Narrate, Curate, Share. How Blogging Can Catalyze Learning” <\/a><\/p>\n Scott Rosenberg, “How Blogs Changed Everything”<\/a><\/p>\n Tim Hitchcock “Twitter and Blogs are Not Just Add-ons To Academic Research”<\/a><\/p>\n Seth Godin and Tom Peters on Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n Week 3 (9\/9): Anti-Teaching \/ Mindful Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n Mike Wesch, Anti-Teaching: Confronting the Crisis of Significanc<\/a>e\u00a0 (also here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Ken Robinson – How to Escape Education’s Death Valley<\/a><\/p>\n Ellen Langer, Mindful Learning (Scholar)<\/p>\n Optional<\/em>:more on Mindful Learning by Ellen Langer<\/a> (Requires VT Library login)<\/p>\n Also here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Week 4 (9\/16) Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n Alfie Kohn, “The Case Against Grades”<\/a><\/p>\n Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon, Imagination First,<\/strong><\/em> (intro, ch. 1; Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Donna M. Riley, “What’s Wrong With Evidence? Epistemological Roots and Pedagogical Implications of “Evidence-Based” Practice in STEM Education”<\/a><\/p>\n Marilyn M. Lombardi, “Making the Grade: The Role of Assessment in Authentic Learning”<\/a><\/p>\n Dan Pink, RSA Animate. Drive – The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us<\/a> (11 minutes)<\/p>\n Dan Pink, The Puzzle of Motivation<\/a> (TED Talk, 18′ 30″)<\/p>\n Week 5 (9\/23) Engaging the Imaginations of Digital Learners<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Talbert, “Four Things Lecture is Good For<\/a>”<\/p>\n James Paul Gee, What Video Games Have to Teach US (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Mark C. Carnes, “Setting Students’ Minds on Fire<\/a>”<\/p>\n New Learners of the 21st Century<\/a><\/p>\n Week 6 (9\/30) Discovering your Authentic Teaching Self<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarah Deel, “Finding My Teaching Voice<\/a>” (pdf here)<\/a><\/p>\n Seymour Papert, “Yearners and Schoolers,<\/a>” from The Children’s Machine<\/em><\/p>\n Shelli Fowler, “The Authentic Teaching Self and Communication Skills<\/a>”<\/p>\n Week 7 (10\/7) Designing a Learner Centered Syllabus<\/strong><\/p>\n Steven Tepper and George D. Kuh, “Let’s Get Serious About Cultivating Creativity”<\/a> (requires VT library log-in)<\/p>\n Gardner Campbell, “Curiosity as a Learning Outcome<\/a>”<\/p>\n Joan Middendorf and Alan Kalish, “The ‘Change-up’ in Lectures<\/a>” also here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Supplemental Materials for Syllabus Design<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Week 8 (10\/14) Inclusive Pedagogy<\/strong><\/p>\n Shankar Vendantam, The Hidden Brain<\/a><\/p>\n Workplace Diversity Pays<\/a> (full article by Cedric Herring here<\/a>. VT login required)<\/p>\n Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens, “From Safe Places to Brave Spaces” (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Claude Steele, “Identity and Intellectual Performance” (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Claude Steele, “Reducing Stereotype Threat” (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Optional: Jeffrey Milem, “The Educational Benefits of Diversity” (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Additional optional \/ supplemental resources also on Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n Week 9 (10\/21) Critical Pedagogy<\/strong><\/p>\n Shelli Fowler, “Paulo Freire and Critical Pedagogy” (Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Joe L. Kinchloe, “Paulo Freire (1921-1997) and “Moving to Critical Complexity” in The Critical Pedagogy Primer (2004), pp. 69-75 and 108-110 (Requires VT Library Log-in<\/a>)<\/p>\n Paulo Freire, “The Banking Concept of Education,”<\/a> Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Ch. 2, pp. 71-86<\/p>\n Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Freedom, Ch. 2, pp. 29-37<\/a> Missing pp. 33-34.\u00a0 But complete excerpt is here<\/a>. Start on p. 9 and read these sections:<\/strong> There is no Teaching without Learning, Methodological Rigor, Research, Respect for What Students Know\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Optional: Paulo Freire, Short Video on Curiosity<\/a><\/p>\n Optional: June Jordon, Report from the Bahamas, 1982<\/a>(Requires VT library Log-in); also here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Week 10 (10\/28) Formulating Your Teaching Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n Gabriela Montell, “How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy<\/a>”<\/p>\n The Professor is In<\/a>, “The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls<\/a>”<\/p>\n Lee Haugen, “Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement<\/a>”<\/p>\n Supplemental \/ Optional:<\/p>\n Tutorial on Writing a Teaching Philosophy<\/a> (University of Minnesota)<\/p>\n Faculty Focus: Philosophy of Teaching Statements<\/a> (Magna Publications)<\/p>\n Week 11 (11\/4) Attention and Multi-Tasking<\/strong><\/p>\n Nicholas Carr; Is Google Making Us Stupid<\/a>? and the comments<\/a> (briefly)(2008)<\/p>\n Jason Farmon: The Myth of the Disconnected Life<\/a> (2012)<\/p>\n Clive Thompson, Smarter Than You Think<\/a>, 2013 (Scholar)<\/p>\n Optional Reading:<\/span><\/p>\n NYT interview with Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n Media Multi-taskers Pay Mental Price<\/a> (2009)<\/p>\n Students Stop Surfing After Being Shown How In-Class Laptop Use Lowers Test Scores <\/a>(2009)<\/p>\n Optional Viewing<\/span>:<\/p>\n Mihaly Cs\u00edkszentmih\u00e1lyi on Flow and Happiness<\/a> (TED Talk)<\/p>\n PBS: Digital Nation<\/a><\/p>\n Week 12\u00a0 (11\/11) Problem-Based Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n *Maura Singleton, “Adjusting the Prescription. The School of Medicine Overhauls its century-old educational Approach”<\/a> (2011)<\/a><\/p>\n *Tiwari, Lai, So and Yuen, “A Comparison of the Effects of problem-based learning and lecturing on the development of students’ critical thinking,”<\/a> Medical Education 2006: 40: 547-554 DOI: 10.1111\/j.1365-2929.2006.02481.x (VT Library Log-in Required)<\/p>\n *Why PBL?<\/a><\/p>\n *Dan Tries Problem-Based Learning: A Case Study<\/a> (also on Scholar<\/a>)<\/p>\n Resources for Problem-Based Learning – University of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n SUNY Buffalo Case Study site<\/a><\/p>\n Week 13 ~ Breathe (no F2F meeting) ~<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 14\u00a0\u00a0 (12\/2) Teaching for the 21st Century — Connecting the Dots<\/strong><\/p>\n Parker Palmer, A New Professional: The Aims of Education Revisited<\/a><\/p>\n Dan Edelstein, How is Innovation Taught? On the Humanities and the Knowledge Economy<\/a><\/p>\n Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams<\/a> (hub for various formats) \/ What is School For<\/a>? (TedxYouth@BFS)<\/p>\n Optional:<\/p>\n Sonia Henry, When do Medical Students Lose Their Empathy<\/a>?<\/p>\n Atul Gawande, Personal Best<\/a><\/p>\n