December
— Read on academeblog.org/2018/12/18/record-student-loan-debt-demonstrates-private-funding-models-failure/
Giving Students Assignments They Hate | The Teaching Professor
Does an assignment that causes discomfort produce a different kind of learning? If so, how is it different and is it a better kind of learning?
— Read on www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/preparing-to-teach/assignments/giving-students-assignments-they-hate/
Evaluating Evaluations
It’s end-of-semester time and PSU students are evaluating their professors on the SRTE (Student Rating of Teacher Effectiveness), but unfortunately it is a big waste of time for all involved. The SRTE is so inaccurate, so bias and so useless in helping instructors improve their teaching, it is little more than a bureaucratic ritual that risks unintended negative consequences.
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Six Ways to Use Video to Promote Learning and Engagement | The Teaching Professor
Video is a great way to welcome students to your course, set the tone for the week ahead, and summarize major points at the end of the week.
Source: Six Ways to Use Video to Promote Learning and Engagement | The Teaching Professor
North Dakota audit reports significant cost savings after OER initiative
North Dakota students saved more than $1 million on textbooks after the state invested just $110,000 to help instructors use open educational resources. Audit identifies successes and ongoing challenges.
Source: North Dakota audit reports significant cost savings after OER initiative
Something for D3 schools to think about
“Put another way, college sports at elite schools are a quiet sort of affirmative action for affluent white kids, and play a big role in keeping these institutions so stubbornly white and affluent.”
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/10/college-sports-benefits-white-students/573688/
