Help me help you
My apologies to those of you who prefer a bit more sophisticated reference to the movie Jerry Maguire… I’m coming off of more than a week with a nasty virus and may not be able to manage much more than...
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Emerging tools
As I have shared previously, I don’t jump on every new tool when it first gets introduced. Part of the reason is just a question of workload. There simply isn’t time. I also don’t want to confuse...
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My learning from the OLC Innovate 2016 conference
This week, I’ve been experiencing the OLC Innovate 2016 conference in New Orleans. Back in January, I was contacted by someone from MERLOT, to let me know that the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast had...
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Video course trailers
Our university is moving to Canvas this summer. One feature I’m looking forward to utilizing is way Canvas approaches syllabi. The dates that many faculty re-create each and every semester at the...
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Going public with our learning
My mind is still invigorated from my conversation about public sphere pedagogy with Thia Wolf on episode 101 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Something special happens when we have our students...
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The four agreements of teaching
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Doug McKee and Edward O’Neil on episode #32 of their TeachBetter podcast. The designated topic was teaching freshmen, but we discussed everything...
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Let’s agree to agree and disagree
One of my least favorite sayings is, “Let’s agree to disagree.” What does that even mean? When I read those words in written form, the voice in my head says them dripping with sarcasm and without...
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Creating memories as teaching
I had the honor of interviewing Gardner Campbell this week: twice. The first episode with him airs on June 30, while the second one posts on July 28. [Spoiler alert] One of the things he spoke about...
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Tools for better presentations
My imagination has been captured for what’s possible through presentations, after attending the Podcast Movement Conference in Chicago last week. The conference brought together such masterful...
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A taste of agency
I didn’t formally know what agency was when I started teaching, yet somehow found ways to foster it in some aspects of my pedagogy. I also failed at it in other ways. In my first couple of years...
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