A Visual Definition of Critical Pedagogy
As a group, we were challenged to come up with a definition of Critical Pedagogy as championed by Paulo Freire. The following definition is what we came up with in … Continue Reading →
Learning the ways of the PhD…
As a group, we were challenged to come up with a definition of Critical Pedagogy as championed by Paulo Freire. The following definition is what we came up with in … Continue Reading →
My thoughts on this week’s topic of inclusive pedagogy are somewhat all over the map. I read several resources for this week and found several quotes that have got me … Continue Reading →
Confession time: As a recovering grade addict, I have thought a lot about the effects of grades on my life. The terror of getting a grade worse than an A … Continue Reading →
Reading the section called “Google the Error” in Thomas and Brown’s A New Culture of Learning hit home for me. A man named Allen had learned many different computer programming languages … Continue Reading →
If your professor stood in front of your class and said “my purpose during the course of this semester is to set your mind on fire,” what would you envision … Continue Reading →
“So, what’s all the hype about Baby George?” I wondered as I left GEDI training (aka Contemporary Pedagogy) on Wednesday night. Our professor had sounded so disappointed that we couldn’t … Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered how much energy is wasted on campus? I think we can all agree that universities are BIG and need A LOT of energy to keep the … Continue Reading →
I was asked to think about what I believe should change in higher education. While I don’t have a complete vision of what it should be, I was thinking about … Continue Reading →
If you had asked me a week ago to name an open access journal for civil engineering, I don’t think I could have named one. But today I found the … Continue Reading →
I found this infographic from Chronicle of Higher Ed that shows some numbers describing how Massive Open Online Courses have disrupted the typical structure of college courses: I haven’t taught … Continue Reading →