Posted by Andrew | Feb 6, 2008 |
The University of Pennsylvania’s student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, recently included a student-written piece on the lack of feedback in higher education. The article is called “Fighting for Feedback,”...
Read MorePosted by Andrew | Dec 27, 2007 |
A couple of terrific articles recently that have serious implications (and lots to teach us) as educators. The first, from Campus Technology, argues that higher education has co-opted the ePortfolio from its intended role as a...
Read MorePosted by Andrew | Nov 23, 2007 |
From middle schools through world-class MBA programs, the more we talk and listen, the more the plug and chug and crank approach to learning clearly doesn’t work. That line is a famous quote from a professor I had years...
Read MorePosted by Andrew | Aug 25, 2007 |
Here’s an example of a holistic writing rubric response for a student who has been judged as “approaching” (approaching what? Competence? Excellence? Bethlehem?)… “Writer presents a wandering,...
Read MorePosted by Andrew | Aug 1, 2007 |
We spoke at the Lehigh Valley Technology in the Classroom Symposium today. Higher education institutions from the Lehigh Valley (in and around Allentown, PA – about an hour north of Philadelphia) gathered to share...
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