This is the first January in many, many years that I am not attuned to the academic calendar of syllabus writing, course preparation, or constructing and grading assignments, and I must say that it feels good. I love teaching, and, if student feedback is an indication, I am good at it. I have been an . . . → Read More: Changes and Higher Ed
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When I first saw an article at IHE called “Professor Avatar,” my interest was naturally piqued. When I read the first paragraph about the professor in the “red Hawaiian shirt, holding a lime margarita in his right hand and a wrinkled, fat cigar in the other,” I groaned. Not another reactionary article in IHE to . . . → Read More: Professional and Personal Avatars I was going to say something about this a few days ago, but Timothy Burke has done a much better job than I could have. As far as my perosnal practices in the classroom, I don’t neurotically shy away from political discussions in an effort to keep the learning experience sanitized, but I also don’t . . . → Read More: Politics in the Classroom This is a horrifying story about academic dishonesty, told from the point of view of someone who wrote papers for college students. Appalling, possibly embellished, but nonetheless chilling. How rampant is this? Anyone have similar horror stories or confessions (anonymous commenting is enabled on this blog)? via elearnspace I have started a blog for the Introduction to Film class I am teaching this semester. I usually use Blackboard’s discussion board to get students to interact with each other, but I wanted something more public and dynamic in different ways. Here’s how it will work for the class: each student (of 37) is responsible . . . → Read More: Class blog |
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