by Greg Wegner | Mar 30, 2019 | Article of the Week
By Jeremiah Alberg, Professor, Philosophy and Religion; Director, Center for Teaching and Learning International Christian University Tokyo, Japan Definition In this essay I offer a brief report and some evaluative remarks on my own experience of a “flipped...
by Steven Volk | Mar 17, 2019 | Article of the Week, Conversations
Jan Tobochnik, Dow Distinguished Professor in the Natural Sciences Department of Physics, Kalamazoo College In a typical flipped classroom students are expected to watch lectures online and then class time is spent in active learning. The Physics Department at...
by Steven Volk | Mar 16, 2019 | Article of the Week, Try This!
Thomas Ludwig, Psychology Department, Hope College (ludwig@hope.edu) [April 3, 2017] What Is Constructivism? Constructivism is an approach to teaching and learning that emphasizes the active role of the student, claiming that students learn by constructing internal...
by Steven Volk | Mar 3, 2019 | Article of the Week, Collaborations
Note: This essay originated from the GLCA Rubrics for Liberal Arts Learning Workshop, March 17-18, 2017. It was written by the following: Barbara Andereck, bsandere@owu.edu , Physics and Astronomy, Ohio Wesleyan University Alice Deckert, adeckert@allegheny.edu,...
by Steven Volk | Feb 18, 2019 | Article of the Week
Karen Powell Sears, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Denison University Question: How can students’ demonstrate and share their learning about social problems beyond the classroom setting? In a Sex and Gender class, students create a digital tool-kit that...
by Steven Volk | Feb 17, 2019 | Article of the Week
Younus Mirza, Asst. Prof. of Islamic Studies, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Allegheny College Question: Can site visits be used to teach interreligious engagement and democratic participation? Every semester I take my students to Erie,PA to visit a mosque...
