by Steven Volk | Apr 19, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning An Overlooked Way Professors Can Be Role Models (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 2024): Revealing unseen parts of their identities could help science instructors show students what’s possible for them, a researcher says....
by Steven Volk | Apr 12, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Retrieval Practice in Undergraduate Medical Education (Cindy Nebel, Learning Scientists, April 12, 2024): More evidence on retrieval practices, this time among undergraduate pre-med students. More on How – and Whether – to Develop Students’ Study...
by Steven Volk | Apr 5, 2024 | News of the Week
Solar Eclipse Special As if you didn’t already know: many of us are in the direct path of the April 8 solar eclipse! So, get your eclipse glasses ready, find out what events will be happening on your campus, and read everything you wanted to know about solar eclipses...
by Steven Volk | Mar 29, 2024 | News of the Week
Some resources from the March 20, 2024 workshop, WTF: Way(s) to Fail, led by Lydia Eckstein, Amelia Finaret and Lisa Whitenack of Allegheny College. Recording: GLCA GLAA CTL Presents: WTF Way to Fail (youtube.com) Additional Resources WTF: Way(s) To Fail! A Primer...
by Steven Volk | Mar 22, 2024 | News of the Week
Some resources from the CTL’s March 20 “Ways to Fail” workshop: Lydia E. Eckstein, Amelia B. Finaret, and Lisa Whitenack, “Teaching the Inevitable: Embracing a Pedagogy of Failure,” Teaching & Learning Inquiry, Vol. 11 (2023). You can also access a...
