Three reasons for switching to flipped learning Feb 2, 2016 2 min read Flipped learning Why would a college/university professor invest the time and energy into switching from a traditional setup to a flipped environment? Here are three possibilities.
Specifications grading with the EMRF rubric Jan 31, 2016 5 min read Mastery Grading A useful rubric for implementing specifications and other forms of mastery grading.
Lecturing is not bad (but...) Jan 14, 2016 2 min read Teaching The problem with lecturing is not with lecture itself, but in the way we have built our system of education around it.
Beginning with the grade in mind Jan 10, 2016 4 min read Mastery Grading Here's a first-day-of-class activity that gets students thinking about grades in a proactive way.
4+1 interview: Lorena Barba Oct 26, 2015 8 min read 4+1 Interview We catch up with Lorena Barba to chat about Jupyter notebooks, technology in STEM education, and open science.