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A collection of 153 posts

Active learning

Why we should embrace active learning

Three good and three bad reasons to embrace active learning, with reflections on a changing world.

Teaching

A real world approach to deadlines

A "real world" approach to deadlines on college work means something different than you might think.

Grading

Three steps for getting started with alternative grading

You've decided to switch grading systems, awesome! Now what? (Repost from Grading for Growth)

Higher Education

Maintaining humanity in higher education in a high-tech world

Education has to take place in the context of human relationships, and through technology not in spite of it.

Mastery Grading

A word about words

Why David Clark and I are dropping the term "mastery grading" in our upcoming book on that subject.

Academia

The power of communities of practice

As a Presidential Fellow, the biggest thing I've learned is the centrality of communities.

Mastery Grading

Checking in with the system at mid-semester

My students did a Mid-Semester Interview on Teaching recently and taught me some things about our mastery grading system.

Online learning

Can hyflex be made to work?

Hyflex is a toxic brand for many college faculty, but it is still a good idea on paper. What needs to be in place to make it work?

Grading

Moving on from rigor

If "rigor" is a meaningless term then what should we be using? What are we really talking about?

Teaching

What we really mean by "buy-in"

We talk about "buy-in" when we discuss teaching innovation, but that's not what we really mean.

Higher Education

Is traditional higher education in trouble from online course providers?

I just completed the much-hyped Project Management certification from Google and Coursera. How much trouble is traditional higher education in?

Grading

Finding common ground with grading systems

We've seen the differences. Now what are the similarities? (Repost from Grading for Growth)

Mathematics

Doubt, proof, and what it means to do mathematics

Throwback post from 2013 on a way of thinking of mathematics as the interplay between belief and doubt.

Mastery Grading

Specifications grading and "help"

Can students in a specs grading setting do work without help? Do we care?

Academia

Doing what you can, with what you've got

A plea and some suggestions for breaking the loop of fear and hopelessness heading into Fall 2021.

Grading

Words, numbers, or nothing?

A classic study finds some eye-opening effects of different feedback on learning.

Teaching

Building Fall 2021: Discrete Structures

A work-in-progress report on my Fall 2021 classes, one month before launch.

Academia

Ungrading: A 3x3x3 reflection

Ungrading is gaining traction in K12 and higher education. Here's what I learned from a recent edited volume on this concept.

Technology

How to add captions to videos (including different languages)

I avoided captioning videos for a long time out of sheer laziness, but it turns out it's not that hard with the right workflow.

Flipped learning

My video creation workflow for 2021

For almost 10 years, I've used and tweaked a peculiar workflow for making videos that balances quality with time requirements.

Academia

How to write learning objectives

Writing clear, measurable learning objectives for lesson seems simple; it isn't. Here are some steps that can make it easier.

Academia

The semester that was, Part 2: A 3x3x3 reflection on Modern Algebra

Another 3x3x3 reflection on my Winter courses, this time my Modern Algebra class.

Academia

Is flipping an online course possible? (Throwback)

A throwback post from 2015, wrestling with the possibility of flipped learning in an online setting.

Education

Rebooting the final exam

Traditional final exams are so pre-pandemic. Here are some ideas for what to do instead.

Education

Double-flipped learning: What is it, and does it work?

A new article presents the concept of "double flipped learning" and tries it out in a calculus class. How did it go?