Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? The Partnership for 21st-Century Skills, a national advocacy organization that encourages schools, districts and states to infuse technology into education, lists Self-Directed Learning as one of the life and career skills necessary to prepare students for postsecondary education and the workforce. What is Self-Directed Learning? According to Malcolm Knowles, …
April 2019 archive
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Apr 18 2019
SIP 9.12 Prompting for Transfer
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Have you ever watched students struggle to do something you know they should have learned to do in a previous class? Perhaps your students seem unable to write thesis statements for their research papers, but you know they must have learned how to do that in their first-year writing …
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Apr 11 2019
SIP 9.11 Creating a Human Component in Online Learning
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? If you spend any amount of time online, you’ve surely seen the common CAPTCHA phrase, “I’m not a robot” with a check box below confirming your humanity. But how about in our online classes? Are we robots or are we humans? Do students know there is an actual flesh-and-blood …
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Apr 04 2019
SIP 9.10 Avoiding Burnout
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Fresh off of Spring Break, you’d think everyone on campus would be well-rested and energized, but the dark circles under many eyes indicates that a lot of us didn’t find our breaks rejuvenating. Did you spend your break catching up on grading, responding to month-old emails and trying …
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