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Digital Badges As Micro-Credentials: An Opportunity to Improve Learning or Just another Education Technology Fad?
Digital badges are online records of achievements that are awarded to learners for mastery of a specific set of educational contents. Often referred to as micro-credentials, digital badges are being used by many higher education...
Digital Badges Micro-Credentials Certification Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
"Are We Playing a Game Today?" Classroom Engagement and Assessment Through Gamification
Today's classroom demands a different style of engagement and assessment, primarily due to the changing nature of today's learners. In fact, according to Liz Dwyer in "How Gaming is Changing the Classroom," by the time students...
engagement assessment gamification Gaming Education English Language and Literature Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts on the Vast Majority of our Students, or, Why Did the Millennial Cross the Road?
This week, some thoughts about those crazy millennials!
Published by: Winthrop University
Surfing Around the Country, Learning About Teaching and Learning
This week, surfing the web to find resources to make us better teachers. There's a lot out there!
Published by: Winthrop University
Facilitating Teacher Reflection through a mutual understanding of the Characteristics of Exemplary Teachers
Teachers meet challenges as they make a plethora of daily choices. It is a responsibility to learn from past choices. An exemplary teacher is a person who accepts the challenge of lifelong learning experiences in the domains of...
pedagogy Teacher Education Reflective Practitioner teacher assessment Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Teacher Education and Professional Development
Published by: Winthrop University
Want to Enroll in a MOOC? No Thanks, My Professors Have Their Own Videos
Purpose: The paper explores how professors, in adopting short digital video lectures as a complementary teaching platform outside the classroom, could better enhance the learning experience for digital natives, i.e. millennial...
MOOC marketing education video lectures Business Higher Education Marketing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Oh What a Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Doand What To Do About It
This week, making assumptions about what students can and can't do, and what to do about that.
Published by: Winthrop University
Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons from Walden Pond to Winthrop Teachers and Learners
This week, a trip to Walden Pond.
Published by: Winthrop University
Education for Self-Reliance, Responsibility and Hope
John Strassburger
Jan 01, 0001
This is the first in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Higher Education liberal arts Ursinus College Essay student life academia finance Economics Civic and Community Engagement Curriculum and Instruction Education Educational Leadership Educational Methods Education Economics Higher Education Higher Education Administration Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Liberal Studies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Published by: Ursinus College
Art, Sport and the Sweet Spot
John Strassburger
Jan 01, 0001
This is the seventh in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Higher Education liberal arts Ursinus College Essay academia Athletics art student life Art Practice Arts and Humanities Education Educational Leadership Higher Education Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Liberal Studies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Sports Sciences Sports Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Transforming Experiences: The Benefits of Intellectual Risk
John Strassburger
Jan 01, 0001
This is the fourth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Higher Education liberal arts Ursinus College Essay student life academia culture Diversity Arts and Humanities Community-Based Learning Community-Based Research Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Social Inquiry Education Educational Leadership Educational Methods Educational Sociology Higher Education Higher Education Administration Liberal Studies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Theory, Knowledge and Science
Published by: Ursinus College
Counting Quality
John Strassburger
Jan 01, 0001
This is the fifth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Higher Education liberal arts Ursinus College Essay student life academia John Dewey Diversity affirmative action technology Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Community-Based Learning Community-Based Research Curriculum and Instruction Education Educational Administration and Supervision Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Educational Leadership Educational Methods Educational Sociology Higher Education Higher Education Administration Inequality and Stratification Liberal Studies Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social Statistics
Published by: Ursinus College
Capstone Courses at Winthrop University: What Are They?
Marsha Bollinger
Jan 01, 0001
Capstone courses are generally considered high-impact and transformative for students. In the process of redesigning the officially-designated capstone course for the environmental sciences and studies program at Winthrop...
transformative integrative capstone program assessment Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
Credits Earned, Credits Due: Forging New Degree Completion Pathways for Post-Traditional Students with the Aid of Prior Learning Assessment Portfolios
In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of adult students who have expressed interest in returning back to school to complete their undergraduate degrees. Research, however, shows that many adult students who start...
Prior Learning Assessment PLA Post-traditional Students Adult Learners Learning Portfolio Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
All Aboard, All Attuned and All Involved: Fostering Learner Engagement and Teamwork with Clickers in an Introductory Computer Science Course at Winthrop University
Modern education technology tools and learning systems provide the means for faculty to develop courses that offer connected and engaging learning opportunities. However, many courses, particularly those in the sciences and...
Technology-Enhanced Learning Clickers Heterogeneous Teams collaboration teamwork Computer Sciences Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
Life Lessons of a Co-Teacher
Donna Cherveny
Jan 01, 0001
Co-teaching is a common practice across schools. While research may be present regarding the effects of co-teaching, there is little literature that simply offers the perspective a co-teacher. As a former co-teacher of six...
Published by: Winthrop University
A Spoonful of Success: Undergraduate Tutor-Tutee Interactions and Performance
We explore how the dynamics of the tutor-tutee relationship influence student self- reliance, and ultimately course performance. We examine 333 tutor and tutee pairs at a student success center at a public, comprehensive...
student success peer educators Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
Cultivating Academic Habits of Mind: Key Skills for Collegiate Success
The value of a 21st-century college education comes from the expectation that college graduates are cognitively prepared to deal with complexity, change, and diversity through the application of transferable and practical skills...
intellectual habits of mind; critical research; critical listening; critical reading Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
Want to Enroll in a MOOC? No Thanks, My Professors Have Their Own Videos
Purpose: The paper explores how professors, in adopting short digital video lectures as a complementary teaching platform outside the classroom, could better enhance the learning experience for digital natives, i.e. millennial...
MOOC marketing education video lectures Business Higher Education Marketing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Who Owns Our Values? Back to School
John Strassburger
Jan 01, 0001
This is the sixth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Higher Education liberal arts Ursinus College Essay student life academia ACTA American Council of Trustees and Alumni Plato Euthyphro multiculturalism Diversity Community-Based Learning Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Social Inquiry Education Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Educational Leadership Educational Sociology Education Economics Higher Education Higher Education Administration Liberal Studies Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Published by: Ursinus College
Organizing the Online Course
Kathleen A Burke, Ms.
Jan 01, 0001
If you are new to online instruction or are a veteran looking for fresh ideas for designing your online courses, this presentation will demonstrate user-friendly design for online courses, including course menu links...
Redundancy Orientation communications discussion organization Arts and Humanities Education Higher Education and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published by: Winthrop University
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