By Eric Stoller. When you started your job, did you freeze your original position description in carbonite? A perfectly frozen, static version of your job. Never-changing. Never-evolving. In perfect hibernation. Or have you engaged in a spirit of lifelong learning? You may call it professional development and/or the evolution of your job based on the ebb and flow of the work, but what it really is is quite simple. Learning is the job. Read more...12 avril 2015
Learning is Your Job
By Eric Stoller. When you started your job, did you freeze your original position description in carbonite? A perfectly frozen, static version of your job. Never-changing. Never-evolving. In perfect hibernation. Or have you engaged in a spirit of lifelong learning? You may call it professional development and/or the evolution of your job based on the ebb and flow of the work, but what it really is is quite simple. Learning is the job. Read more...Goal-Setting vs. Goal-Achieving
By Katie Shives. When being thrown into the open-ended project that is obtaining a PhD, it is critically important to make consistent progress in completing the major milestones of your program. This can be more than a little overwhelming for most students, and extremely difficult for those who are not familiar with the ins and outs of modern academia (first-generation students such as Katie can attest to this!). Read more...Mid-PhD Crisis
By Danielle Marias. With sunshine on our faces and soft snow under our skis, we reveled in powdery turns on our descent off Tumalo Butte. On the hike back up, I chatted with a new friend about our PhD programs. We were both in our 4th year and ready to finish up our PhDs, but felt disenchanted with academia since starting grad school. Read more...Reframe Your Approach to Grading and Feedback
By Travis Grandy. I must confess, I haven’t always had a good relationship with grading student essays. I used to associate grading with the menace of a stack of papers on my desk (and the compulsion to run in the opposite direction). Worse yet, I often wondered whether my students even read the feedback I was laboring over (and this would be especially true when I found myself writing the same feedback over and over). Read more...Academic Conversations
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I’m in the midst of preparing a webinar on curating and maintaining an academic presence online. Early on during the presentation, I encourage the participants to Google themselves, and I show them a screenshot of when I Googled myself. Except the screenshot is currently woefully out-of-date. So, I Googled myself. Read more...Three Quick Thoughts on Campos
By Tracy Mitrano. Since there is a lot of commentary about Campos Op-Ed in the New York Times, including from a fellow IHE blogger, I will not attempt to be comprehensive in my remarks. Rather, allow me to point out three thoughts that jumped to mind as I read the piece. Read more...Cell Phone Policies: Still Struggling
By John Warner. I’m still trying to figure out what to do about cell phones and computers in class.
I wrote prior to the start of the Fall semester about how I was going to try to change my cell phone and computer policies to bring them more in line with my teaching philosophies. While I still had a strong personal preference that students refrain from these distractions in class, and the policy expresses this, it no longer dictates an outright “ban” and instead encourages students to make the choice that seems best for their learning, while reminding them that becoming a distraction to others, regardless of the cause, is not allowed. Read more...
Vacation Books on My Kindle
By Joshua Kim. The worst thing about e-books is that I can’t see what you are reading. I am an inveterate book gadfly, novel snooper, bookshelf peruser. If I see you reading a book I will ask you about your book. If I see you not reading a book I will ask you what you are reading. The first thing I do when visiting a colleagues office is completely ignore them, and give my full attention to the books on their bookshelf. Read more...
HBO Now, MOOCs, and Time
By Joshua Kim. I just signed up for my 1 month free trial of HBO Now. I clicked on the link, I downloaded the app, and I created the account. My guess is that after the free trial ends that I’ll be paying HBO the $14.99 a month to keep the service. Read more...
The 2.0x MOOC and the 1.0x Audiobook
By Joshua Kim. MOOCs have me worried. The ability to watch MOOC videos at 2.0x (double speed) is re-setting my brain’s expectations for information intake. I find that many conference presentations now feel unbearably slow. What my brain craves is information density. Read more...
