Charged with the task of trying to articulate what has Penny Kittle done to transform my teaching, and trying to persuade administration to support a 7-12 Professional Development opportunity for our teachers, feels like a daunting task – but a worthy task.…
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Dr. Melissa Kaulbach, Vice President, Academic Services and Dr. Heather Farmakis, Director, Academic Services presented “A Galaxy of Professional Development” today at The 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning – and it was a success!
Drs. Farmakis and Kaulbach with one of our esteemed partner faculty members – Dr.
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In the interactive webinar below, academic services director Michelle Pacansky-Brock shares how you can use VoiceThread Mobile to create engaging anytime-anywhere learning environments with voice and video participation. Through real-life examples, stories, and demos, Pacansky-Brock demonstrates how VoiceThread increases community, connectedness, and trust among students and their instructor.
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Have you read Verena Roberts post yet? Did you congratulate her on receiving the iNACOL Innovative Practice award . You know she acknowledges it is because “of all of you out there who supported and helped facilitate open classroom projects over the last year!”…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In light of finding the Top Education Degrees infographic below on “Why STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Matters,” we asked a couple members of our leadership team at Academic Partnerships the question, “Why do ……
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Malcolm Gladwell’s new book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants discusses perceived advantages and disadvantages and how appearances may not always be what the seem. The book has been received with some justifiable criticism (e.g. Christopher Chabris’ “The Trouble with Malcolm Gladwell”), but I’ve still found it interesting and thought-provocative for its potential applications in education, as we’re on the cusp of some radical and profound changes. (No Ratings Yet)Loading...On September 11th Shelly terrell interviewed me for the 30 Goals Challenge. This is the recording:
These are some reflections after hanging out:
What is the purpose of learning?
How do people learn?
What does teaching mean to you?
Who inspires you?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Yesterday, Faculty eCommons, in conjunction with Inside Higher Ed, presented a free webinar featuring Michelle Pacansky-Brock and it was a success! Michelle shared examples of what students identify as valuable characteristics of a “humanized” online ……
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