by John Schwandt | Oct 17, 2016 | 2016, Academics, Fall
Have you noticed that chalkboards are turning into class-sized computer screens, or that school libraries are looking more like coffee shops where directed group discussions and collaborative efforts are being held on students’ personal devices? Digital discussion...
by Tyrone Tyson | Jun 6, 2015 | 2015, Academics, Summer
The competition to maintain the attention of our students is as fierce as auto insurance commercials and NCAA basketball. Every instructor confronts a daily battle to keep the student actively engaged and focused on coursework. Student distractions are legion. The...
by Melinda Thompson | Jun 6, 2015 | 2015, Academics, Summer
Does your faculty feel like they need Ed.Ds in addition to their Ph.Ds in order to teach effectively? Do they have the IT department’s phone number on speed dial? Does thinking about the “flipped classroom” make them want to flip out? Expectations of faculty—from you...
by Bill Ripley | Dec 28, 2014 | Last WORD, Winter
I have been in a classroom of one kind or another since 1967. I got the call to teach, while serving in the United States Peace Corps in a small mountain village of 8,000 inhabitants at 13,000 feet in the Andes Mountains of Peru. I say “call” because I truly feel...
