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FEATURED POST: Social Pedagogies as a Framework for Online Learning Nov 7, 2011 | 3 Comments

“A Social Network Can Be a Learning Network” is the title of my essay appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education‘s special issue on online learning. Go read the essay, then come back here for a bit about how the [...]
FEATURED POST: A Few Favorite Blogs about Visual Thinking Sep 24, 2011 | 8 Comments

Let’s take a break from thinking about Facebook, shall we? Recently I shared some of my favorite teaching blogs and technology blogs. Today, some blogs about visual thinking: FlowingData - Nathan Yau’s blog is an impressive collection of data visualizations [...]
FEATURED POST: Mobile Learning and the Inverted Classroom (#EDUSprint) Apr 28, 2011 | 13 Comments

Number four on my list of five types of mobile learning is the use of mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, and such) as platforms for delivery course content. Frankly, I find that educational technology people often focus too much on [...]
FEATURED POST: Learning Styles – Fact and Fiction (#lilly10) Dec 6, 2010 | 7 Comments

More from the the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio… The Truth about Learning Styles (Linda Nilson, Clemson University) When I asked D. Christopher Brooks what he thought about learning styles prior to Linda [...]

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Classroom Response Systems

A Visit to St. Olaf College

I’m writing this from Northfield, Minnesota, home to St. Olaf College, where I spent yesterday meeting with faculty and giving a couple of workshops on teaching with clickers. I’ve been a fan of St. Olaf since college, when I spent [...]

Mar 07, 2012 | 2 Comments »

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Educational Technology

Pinterest, Gender, and Platform Selection

Last week, I had the pleasure of guest teaching in a digital humanities graduate course in the French department. The course is team-taught by Lynn Ramey and Holly Tucker of the French department and Todd Hughes of the Center for [...]

Apr 09, 2012 | 1 Comment »

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Visual Thinking

A Crowdsourced Rubric for Evaluating Infographics

I’m teaching a statistics course this spring. It’s the fourth time I’ve taught this course, and, in an effort to make it more interesting to me and more useful for my students, I added a module on data visualization to [...]

Apr 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »

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Social Pedagogies

Social Pedagogies: Motivating Students through Authentic Audiences

I led a workshop on social pedagogies, with a focus on social media tools that support such pedagogies, at Elon University this afternoon. This was my first full-length workshop on this topic, and I had a blast leading it. Two [...]

Feb 21, 2012 | No Comments »

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Faculty Development

Revolution or Evolution? Technology and Higher Ed

I’m on a committee charged by my university’s chancellor to explore how my university can use digital tools to enhance our teaching, research, and service missions. This afternoon the committee held its first meeting, and it’s clear to me that [...]

Feb 22, 2012 | No Comments »

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