August 18, 2021 The Power of Ambiguity Billy McIntyre began her class by asking students for help. “The university is drafting a policy dealing with a number of uncomfortable situations. Some of these involve actions by people...
August 11, 2021 Questions and Critical Thinking in Discussions George Winston taught an upper-level economics course on current issues. The course had a major discussion component and today’s class was the first session with students in their small-group discussion...
August 4, 2021 Making Creative Connections Dr. Jeffrey Swank was fed up with his class. He taught a Problems in Social Science class in which students were asked to explore current issues confronting society. The in-class...
July 28, 2021 Metaphorically Speaking Caroline Janosik began her class by saying, “I need your help. I’ve developed a new course to prepare students for the soft skills that employers are looking for in college...
July 22, 2021 Why Should You Care About Exploratory Discussion? By: Noah Miller We are all busy. Our busy lives pull us in every which way, forcing us to make decision after decision with little break in between. Oftentimes, it is...
July 21, 2021 Contradictions in Discussions Professor Dorothy Hamlin was concerned that her in-class discussions had become too superficial. Students were not exploring issues from different perspectives. Perhaps this should be expected since her university tended...
July 16, 2021 Could Technology Support & Enhance Our Democracy? A discussion summary for the third and final session of an online exploratory discussion series on Technology & Democracy In this third and final session of our small group conversation series...
July 14, 2021 Facilitating Curiosity Jordan Carper began her class by asking students to write down on a sheet of paper three things they were curious about. She asked this question because she believed that...
July 7, 2021 Collaboration Agreements “Next class, we’ll be starting the first of our small-group discussions”, so began Dr. Sophia Newsome. “I know that many of you have had past experiences with group work that weren't...
