Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesMonitoring who attends class is pointless unless it counts towards students’ grades Dana Ruggiero, Bath Spa University University lecturers rarely get 100% of students turn up to every lecture. Nor do we expect them all to. Those who have got … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems to be one of the “in” things right now. What does it really mean? Is it always a good thing? How can it be implemented in a way that is meaningful? What Do We Really Mean When We … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteApparently learning to print and write is no longer important after grade one. the focus will be on keyboarding. Why? Did anyone give any serious thought to what we might lose by not teaching people how to write by hand? … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI blogged about sessionals earlier this month and the claim was that sessionals (adjuncts) are sessionals because they don’t want tenure track positions. It may be true for some, but it’s certainly not true for all of us, and it may not … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteRunning Towards Publication, Then Walking Away – Culture Digitally. This article caught my eye for a number of reasons. For one thing, I’m just finishing a book and so I’m thinking about this a fair bit, but for another, I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. I came across this while working on my book. This approach has become part of the teaching ideology throughout much of Canada (2006 for most of western Canada, 2010 for … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesCame across this comment on sessional instructors while wandering the web the other day: Educational Technology Professor: The Value and Contribution of Sessional Instructors – Diverse Expertise and Relevant Professional Experience. · The majority of GPE Sessional instructors hold full … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s another fairly recent talk, also from CNIE 2014. [P] Presentation Becker, K. (2014) Walking the Talk : Signature Pedagogies and Metateaching in Graduate-Level Education Courses, CNIE 2014 Confluences: Spaces, Places & Cultures for Innovative Learning, Kamloops, BC, May 13-16, … Continue reading