Desert of My Real Life

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Resources for Learning to Teach Online

·May 31, 2020

The following resources (courses, OER, videos, etc.) are all freely available. I haven't vetted most of them other than reading their descriptions. Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19:…

Cluster Pedagogy Integrated Clusters Online Learning and Teaching Project-based Learning

Moving From File Repository to Narrative Journey

·May 25, 2020

On May 18, 2020, The Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching published a timely article that I am finding helpful as I begin my thinking about teaching Tackling a WIcked…

COVID 19 Habits of Mind Integrated Clusters Online Learning and Teaching Open Pedagogy Project-based Learning Tackling a Wicked Problem Wicked Problems

Tackling a Wicked Problem Online

·May 24, 2020

Because of the uncertainty about the Fall 2020 semester, my university has decided that if a first year student wants to take all of their classes online, we would have…

COVID 19 Integrated Clusters Project-based Learning

Project-Based Learning in the Age of COVID-19

·May 19, 2020

Last week, Plymouth State University faculty participated in an event called Slipper Camp ("like boot camp but softer and on Zoom") in which we discussed various issues related to designing…

Cluster Pedagogy Integrated Clusters Learning Community

Cluster Learning at Plymouth State: A Community-Based Approach to Pedagogy

·May 1, 2020

I am proud to be part of the learning community that created this newly available, openly-licensed book: Cluster Learning at Plymouth State: A Community-Based Approach to Pedagogy.

Movie/TV Review

April Movies

·April 30, 2020

The Incredible Jessica James ☆☆☆ There are a couple of really great scenes in this movie but in general, it's not a particularly funny movie. The main character's relationship with…

Integrated Clusters Tackling a Wicked Problem Tech Tools

Tool for Fall 2020 TWP Selection

·April 23, 2020

One of the problems we have encountered at Plymouth State University in implementing our Integrated Cluster Initiative involves effective communication with students about the opportunities offered in different classes and/or…

Boyer Model of Scholarship Scholarship Workshop

Workshop on Boyer Model of Scholarship

·April 13, 2020

Before we were ordered to stay at home, the Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation Advisory Group planned a workshop on the Boyer Model of Scholarship to be presented twice--once on April…

Cluster Pedagogy COVID 19 Learning Learning Community Learning Science

Failure to Learn

·April 2, 2020

I have written before about the amazing Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community (CPLC) that I and 70 of my colleagues have been working in this past year. As a finish to…

Movie/TV Review

March Movies

·March 31, 2020

The Assistant ☆☆☆☆ I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie. It was a quiet exploration of one day in the life of a young woman who is…

Expertise

A Short Story About Expertise and COVID 19

·March 15, 2020

There's a meme going around FB and Twitter about supposed media overreactions in the last 20 years. I won't post it so as not to amplify its message. Most of…

Academia Boyer Model of Scholarship Scholarship

An Example of the Scholarship of Integration

·March 5, 2020

The Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation (PT&E) Advisory Group is continuing to develop a workshop about the Boyer Model of Scholarship. I wrote last month about our first two readings in…

Movie/TV Review

February Movies

·March 2, 2020

Jo Jo Rabbit ☆☆☆☆☆ I had heard that this movie is about a boy who has Adolf Hitler as an imaginary friend. I didn't know what to expect from a…

Academia Scholarship

Scholarship Reconsidered and Assessed: The Boyer Model

·February 8, 2020

I'm serving as Chair of the Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation Advisory Group. One of the tasks we have been charged with is to investigate best practices for promotion, tenure, and…

Cluster Pedagogy General Education Integrated Clusters Making Meaning Thematic Pathways

Making Meaning in Gen Ed via Thematic Pathways

·February 7, 2020

We are continuing to work on The Four Tools of Clusters at Plymouth State University. Thematic pathways in the General Education program is the tool that is the most challenging…

Movie/TV Review

January Movies

·February 1, 2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ☆☆☆☆ I enjoyed this movie a lot. It's not particularly nuanced but the resolution of the various story lines opened up in the previous…

Cluster Pedagogy General Education Integrated Clusters

End of Year Report

·January 30, 2020

The end of the calendar year marks the end of our first year (of three) of funding from the Davis Educational Foundation. Our project, called Implementing Cluster Pedagogy in the…

Creating Games Games Open Educational Resources

New OER for Creating Games

·January 6, 2020

I just created a new OER called Creating Games. I have been teaching a course called Creating Games since 2008. It fulfills a Creative Thought requirement in our General Education program and…

Movie/TV Review

December Movies

·January 2, 2020

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood☆☆☆☆☆ I was a bit skeptical as this movie started because it's about the journalist's awakening and I wasn't sure I was going to like…

Cluster Pedagogy Integrated Clusters Tackling a Wicked Problem Teaching

Adventures in Ungrading

·December 22, 2019

I have been moving away from traditional grading schemes for a while. In teaching the INCAP course in Spring 2019 and Tackling a Wicked Problem in Fall 2019, I have…