Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Meaningful learning tasks are transformative and deep, and rooted in three key elements: emotional connection, sense, and significance (Barkley, 2010): Emotional connection. People learn new knowledge most easily if it relates in some way to previous learning (Ambrose et al., What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al.,

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

One of the most foundational books I’ve read as an online educator of nontraditional adult learners is Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Overall, my top three recommended practices include: self-regulating strategies, video-based learning, and formative assessments.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

One of the most foundational books I’ve read as an online educator of nontraditional adult learners is Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Overall, my top three recommended practices include: self-regulating strategies, video-based learning, and formative assessments.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. When I heard about the MSAI degree, offered in partnership with edX (a 2U company), I knew I needed to learn more. Let me say that slowly.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Even though higher education has its own hazing rituals and rites of passage, it doesn’t impose tests of character. I raise these examples to prompt a bigger issue: Are there things that higher education should do but can’t or won’t? We can dismiss flawed graduates as a handful of bad apples.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental.

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