Inquiry-based learning, student choice, and real world application in the higher ed classroom As a teacher-educator, I believe we must teach in the powerful, meaningful, student-centered ways we want our own teachers to teach. In other words, we must not only “talk the talk,” but more importantly, “walk the walk.”...
In Hawai'i , we connect with our community and our pasts through the traditions that have been passed down to us from our ancestors and kapuna in our community. One such tradition is making lei to show our aloha for each other and celebrate milestones. As we thread together memories...
Finding the Center by Learning from Design Teaching When we investigate teaching improvement methods, pedagogical methods that promise classroom transformation and engaged learners send us in circles . Active learning, un-grading, interdisciplinary groupwork, peer to peer review, and self-assessment to name a few. The design fields already practice many of...
Join us for a blend of comments from a panel of faculty plus open discussion to explore the uses of chatbot programs , inspired (?) in part by the explosion of attention brought on by chatGPT’s sudden emergence into many aspects of our lives, including higher ed. Trying to build...
Play and playfulness often get pushed to the margins of life after we leave childhood, leading to an overly serious and rigid existence. Within academia, as in life, this can lead to dullness, burnout, loss of passion and purpose, and deviation from our true selves. Play can be the key...
Tuesday, November 29 @ 3:30pm MT Join co-editors-in-chief and members of the editorial board as we launch a new open resource, cross- disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal. A partnership between ThinqStudio, the EdD Higher Education concentration, and the University of Colorado Denver Association of Lecturers and Instructors (UCDALI), Adjunctification will include research...