Active learning Three thoughts on active learning and self-teaching "The teacher isn't teaching and I'm having to teach myself the material" has three embedded misconceptions that need to be addressed.
Flipped learning Negative results about flipped learning from a randomized trial: A critique (Part 1) Part 1 of a two-part critique of a recent MIT-sponsored study on flipped learning i higher education.
Productivity Three themes for 2020 Based on a wild 2019, I'm not making resolutions for 2020 -- just three overarching themes to live by.
Teaching On the care and handling of student ratings Student evaluations of teaching are not true evaluations. We should call them what they are -- perception data -- and use them accordingly.
Leadership The urgent and the important Distinguishing between the urgent and the important, and having the discipline to work on important tasks that aren't urgent, is a critical and difficult task.
Leadership Teachability When I was appointed Department Chair, I promised my colleagues I would be "teachable". What does that mean and why does it matter?
Leadership The disappearing department chair: Why boundaries and inaccessibility are essential Counter to the usual narrative in higher ed, being less accessible is the key to doing our best work.
GTD The current state of my GTD tool setup Here's where I have landed in terms of my tool set for GTD: the tactical and the strategic.
Leadership Being department chair, round 2 I'll be sticking around as department chair for the entire year. Here are three first impressions of the job.
Higher Education Three things I learned as (interim) department chair I was unexpectedly made chair of my department for two months this summer. Here's three things I learned from the experience.
Teaching Agile student feedback through the Five-Question Summary Five simple questions can generate some highly useful, rich, and informative data about student engagement in a course.
Flipped learning How much research has been done on flipped learning? Update for 2019 Here's the annual update on "how much research is out there about flipped learning". In 2018, we saw some major changes.
Teaching Hospitals and the humanity of students Some lessons on teaching learned while recovering from open-heart surgery.
Flipped learning Is flipped learning just self-teaching? How to respond to the complaint that in flipped learning, students are being made to teach themselves the subject?
Flipped learning Re-thinking Bloom's Taxonomy for flipped learning design Splitting Bloom's Taxonomy into thirds can help with effective sequencing of flipped learning activities.
Education The owner and the renter in education Do our teaching practices encourage students to own what they learn, or just rent it?
Productivity Morning and afternoon rituals for peace and productivity Rituals and routines provide structure and motivation for life and work. Here are morning and afternoon routines I've adopted that I've found helpful.
Flipped learning Managing time in flipped learning Three aspects of appropriate time management when running a flipped learning environment.
GTD My GTD reboot part 3: Getting Apps Done In part 3 of my GTD reboot series, we look at GTD software applications and how I choose them.
4+1 Interview 4+1 Interview: Kate Owens Kate Owens of the College of Charleston talks about mastery grading, innovative teaching in a historic institution, and more.
Flipped learning How does flipped learning affect student motivation? We look at a recent research study linking flipped learning based in self-determination theory to improvements in student motivations to learn.
GTD GTD Reboot part 2: Workflows In this second post of a series on rethinking GTD: How do changes in philosophy lead to changes in workflows?
Teaching Two more thoughts on habits and teaching How can a focus on habit formation help improve teaching and faculty development?
GTD My GTD reboot, part 1: Rethinking the system Recent events have caused me to completely rethink how I'm using the Getting Things Done philosophy. First of a three-part mini-series.
