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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? Discussion is open for our COPPER Blog Educational Question of the Year . You may respond to the question using the comments link below. We welcome responses
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Update: This program will be aired in some locations on Friday, June 24 at 8PM EDT (Boston area) Thanks to Judith Kamber (NECC) for forwarding this message from the POD (Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education) listserv
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"A good teacher does not teach all that he knows. He teaches all that the learner needs to know at the time, and all that the learners can accountably learn in the time given." -- Jane Vella (from Taking Learning to Task )
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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
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The seminar approach , once reserved for small graduate classes, is growing in popularity as a tool in undergraduate education. The following editorial featured in the "Tomorrow's Professor" mailing list examines the key ideas from Michael Strong's
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I have a confession to make. I have an extremely messy office. The campus manager once declared it a fire hazard and threatened to close the building down if it was not cleaned up by the end of the month. I've tried to straighten out the mess over the
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Century College , a community and technical college in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, recently received recognition for their innovative "Teaching Circles" initiative. Century College’s Teaching Circle Program was one of 30 community college programs
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The Valencia Forum for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment is an on-line journal authored by and for Valencia Community faculty, administration and staff. Marketplace: The Valencia Forum will present the products of our professional reflections on teaching,
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Valencia’s Individualized Learning Plan process for tenure-track faculty, as supported by the Teaching/Learning Academy, reflects Valencia’s MISSION, “Valencia Community College provides outcomes-oriented, quality learning
opportunities” in the following
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Valencia's Teaching and Learning Academy, a community of practice , supports new professors, counselors, and librarians as they develop Individualized Learning Plan s ,a fundamental phase of the tenure process designed to assist tenure candidates expand
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At the October International SoTL conference in Indiana several presentations focused on the use of the seminar as a tool in undergraduate education. Typically associated with graduate classes, the seminar is finding its way into the repertoire of undergraduate
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The following innovative project was submitted by Tom Laughlin, MCC English faculty member: An experimental education initiative called the “Tree Question Project” started about a month ago on the Bedford campus of Middlesex Community College (MCC). This
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Thanks to Donna Duffy for forwarding the attached message from "Tomorrow's Professor" mail list. It features a review of "The University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Futures of the University," edited by Sohail Inayatullah
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The following passage is from the Introduction to "Expanding Your
Teaching Potential" by Susan Campbell. It speaks to our discussion of
"doing too much." The Teacher as Tap Dancer The teaching profession is in an identity crisis. Teachers
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Thanks to Ron Weisberger of Bristol Community College for the following post which describes the evolving role of tutoring as a key element in student success: Over the last 30 years, most colleges and universities have instituted tutoring programs. Some
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