April 2005 - Posts

Keep the Comments Coming
29 April 05 12:52 PM | margulisd | 551 Comments   
While this week was set aside to provide Jan Arabas the opportunity to host a discussion of her SoTL research project on the Blog, this discussion is still free to continue in the days and weeks ahead. Thanks to Jan for making productive use of our collaborative Read More...
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Teaching Drawing
25 April 05 10:20 AM | margulisd | 549 Comments   
This week the Copper Cluster Blog will be devoted to a discussion of Jan Arabas' interview study, "Teaching Drawing." In my study, I asked 25 teachers of beginning drawing to answer these questions: "What are the crucial lessons for beginners in drawing? Read More...
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Learning Communities & Team Teaching Resources
22 April 05 01:41 PM | margulisd | 0 Comments   
Thanks to Jack Mino of Holyoke Community College for forwarding the following resources related to team teaching and learning communities. Use the links below to access the resources. Holyoke Community College Learning Communities Program Resources: Download Read More...
We Have A Winner!
18 April 05 06:00 AM | margulisd | 524 Comments   
The Educational Question of the Year has been chosen from a list of twelve possibilities by respondents to our online poll. While all the questions received at least one vote, several clearly were the most popular. Here's a list of the top five: In fourth Read More...
An invitation to discuss teaching
15 April 05 08:30 AM | margulisd | 2 Comments   
Please join a discussion of teaching sponsored by MCC Carnegie member Jan Arabas during the week of April 25 through 29. The focus of this discussion will be an interview study I recently completed, in which I asked 25 teachers, "What are the crucial Read More...
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Bye-Bye Bio 101
08 April 05 09:43 AM | margulisd | 0 Comments   
Teach Science the Way You Do Science The following article from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute website focuses on efforts to change the traditional way that science has been taught to undergraduates. Reformers suggest that faculty move away from Read More...
Teaching in Community Online
05 April 05 06:00 AM | margulisd | 0 Comments   
A Faculty Development Project Northern Essex Community College's innovative TIC Online program was recently featured in NISOD's Innovation Abstracts . Building on their successful Teaching in Community program which focused on creating a supportive and Read More...
Poll: Educational Question of The Year
03 April 05 06:00 PM | margulisd | 520 Comments   
Only a few days left to cast your vote! To participate in choosing the COPPER Blog's Educational Question of the Year simply click on the link and select one or more of the proposed questions from the online poll. Further information on this project is Read More...