Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence, Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College* Contact at: svolk@oberlin.edu There is an extensive and rich literature offering suggestions on how to encourage productive discussions in the classroom. In this article, I’ll focus exclusively on those complicated, “hot moment” challenges that spring… Read More
By Brooke Bryan, Instructor of Cooperative Education, Antioch College Contact at: bbryan@antiochcollege.edu Brooke Bryan of Antioch College is Co-Director of a GLCA-supported project called Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA). In developing this program, she and her GLCA project team members have created a range of resources for… Read More
This week we feature a recording of a webinar hosted by the GLCA/GLAA Consortium for Teaching and Learning on March 21, 2018. The hour-long session, “Mapping the Megalopolis: Order and Disorder in Mexico City,” featured the collaboration of Glen David Kuecker, Professor of History, and Alejandro Puga, Associate Professor and… Read More
Note: The GLCA had scheduled a major meeting of the Consortium for Teaching and Learning for the weekend of February 9-10, 2018, days, unfortunately, when a major snowstorm swept through the Midwest forcing us to cancel the meeting out of concern for everyone’s safety. Several of those scheduled to attend… Read More