Learning Myth Busters: Multitasking
You’re busy. I’m busy. Our students are busy. There’s something about modern American life the keeps us running in 5th gear, trying to cram more productivity into our limited waking hours. Being “busy” has...
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International Computing Education Research 2017 Conference: A PLTF Trip Report
At the start of the semester, I attended the International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference with some support from the Provost Teaching and Learning Fellows program. Computer science (CS) is one of the youngest...
Developing and Implementing Calibrated Peer Assessment for Large Classes
Peer assessment is defined as “an arrangement for learners to consider and specify the level, value, or quality of a product or performance of other equal-status learners” (Topping, 2009, pp. 20-21). In another word,...
Why so serious? Three reasons to use humor in your classroom
“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.” — Herman Melville observed. Beyond bar-rooms in Moby Dick, this applies to much of higher education today, as well....