Project-based Learning – Desert of My Real Life

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PSU at the Institute for Project Based Learning

·June 27, 2019

For the last five summers, the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has offered a project-based learning institute for teams from colleges and universities who are interested…

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INCAP Pilot Update

·March 10, 2019

I can't believe how quickly half of the Spring semester has flown by! There is a lot going on in the world of General Education at Plymouth State University and…

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Integrated Capstone Course for General Education

·September 26, 2018

One of the President's Four Tools of Clusters is an integrated capstone experience for all students. PSU's Integration Connection (INCO) course was originally designed to be a capstone course for…

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Why is PSU Moving to Clusters?

·June 23, 2018

President Birx wrote a blog post (which I've referenced more times than I can count) about the Four Tools of Clusters. It's important to note that three of the four…

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The New Education: First Year Seminar

·June 10, 2018

I've been busy for the last month or so IndieWebifying my web site. That's been really fun. But I've also been started planning for my new position as Coordinator of…

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The New Education

·April 30, 2018

I recently read The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University and Prepare Students For a World in Flux by Cathy N. Davidson. Davidson has long been an academic hero…

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PCA 2018

·April 2, 2018

I went to the Popular Culture Association Conference last week. My presentation was called Wicked Problems in Popular Culture: An Open Pedagogy Experiment in Engagement in which I talked about my experience with…

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Students’ Signature Work: Conference Debrief

·March 26, 2018

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Davis Educational Foundation sponsored a one day institute in Boston this weekend for institutions of higher education who want to…

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Making Things and Drawing Boundaries

·March 8, 2018

If you read my About the Author page, you will see that I have a BA, an MS, and a PhD, all in Computer Science. What you won't see is…

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Assessment That Works

·February 23, 2018

We at Plymouth State University have been talking about appropriate assessment of our General Education program for most of the 20 years that I have been here. When we instituted…

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Lifelong Kindergarten

·January 24, 2018

I'm on sabbatical for the Spring 2018 semester. My first sabbatical project, getting my knee replaced, began in earnest on January 12 and I've made great progress on it over…