There’s a lot of talk these days—as there’s always been—about reforming higher education. One of the more popular ideas getting a lot of play is that doing away with the disciplines will fix what’s wrong with the system. The disciplines… Read More »
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Two Cheers for the Disciplines
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What Impact Does the IF Approach Have on Faculty?
The Perspectives articles exploring IF in the classroom have, thus far, largely articulated the benefits of our student-centered approach on student learning, interaction, retention, and skill development (leadership, communication, etc.). It is important that we also consider the impact of… Read More »
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Learning and the IF Discussion Process
Earlier last year, I came across a striking passage in a book on how computer “games” should be re-shaping education.
One needn’t be familiar with the specifics of the game mentioned in the passage’s first sentence to follow the author’s… Read More »
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A Sense of Relief
Now that it’s been well over a month since my last post, it’s hard to know how to sum up all the things that have happened. I’ll start at the conclusion: Thursday was the last day of my IF course. … Read More »
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Why Bring IF Into the Classroom?
If you have not been to a university campus since the 1960s or 1970s, you might be surprised to find how similar the classroom environment is to that which you might remember from forty or more years ago. While technology… Read More »
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Discussions, Round Two
Since my last post, several things have happened. My students finished their first round of discussions, so everyone has tried their hand at facilitating. It went reasonably well, although I’m changing some small things to make the next round better. … Read More »
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An IF-less session this week….
My students re-grouped this week to work on the school presentation. They rallied into four teams according to their interests: rap song, a skid, a short video, activity to engage the target audience (8th graders!)
I asked the class to use an IF-like process… Read More »
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What Next?
After reading Maria’s recent post about what she will do next with her IF class now that they are not in their original groups, I realize that I feel I’m at a bit of a crossroads with my class as… Read More »
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Syllabus Overhaul
This week is a short week in my IF class, Art: I Know It When I See It. We had only one class meeting, since it’s fall break, so I had to make the most of it. First, I’ve already… Read More »
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Integrating Course Content
I want to start my blog by stating that I have really benefited from reading the blogs and email messages my fellow IFers have been sending. It is nice to know that others are also struggling with issues of evaluating… Read More »
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