Hope College Network
APRIL 28, 2016
As you may know if you’ve read my blog before, I have the privilege of being on the worship team at Hope. I get to help lead music at Hope’s worship services multiple times a week. It is my favorite thing that I do at Hope. When I look back on my time in college, I am pretty positive that this will be the thing that I think of, even though I was only on the team for one year.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 25, 2016
I first visited Stanford and MIT in 1973 when I was writing computer programs to teach school students algebra. At Stanford I was impressed by how people doing similar work used statistics to guide their teaching programs but I was more intrigued by MIT projects that emphasised the way that learners could express their own ideas using specially designed programming languages.
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Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 20, 2016
I recently attended the 4th annual Gearing Up conference in March. The conference focussed on Student Transitions tying in with the current QAA Enhancement Themes. For me as a member of staff who supports taught postgraduate students via study skills workshops, the conference was an opportunity to meet academics, support staff and students. It made me look at support mechanisms and opportunities that are in place and think about what points in the transitions periods – into, during and out
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 8, 2016
A recent survey by Yougov found that around two thirds of the British public trust Wikipedia more than traditional news outlets including the BBC, ITV, the Guardian and the Times. One of the most visited websites worldwide, and now one of the most trusted, Wikipedia is a resource used by most university students. Increasingly, many instructors around the world have used Wikipedia as a teaching tool in their university classrooms as well.
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
APRIL 4, 2016
You might think that the teaching content in a professional vocational degree like medicine – defined by the governing body the General Medical Council ( GMC ) and detailing what a medical student should know as they exit their undergraduate programme and embark on their first day as a junior doctor – would be almost entirely prescriptive. And of course, you would be right.
Terminalfour
APRIL 22, 2016
Are the US Elections beneficial to higher education recruitment efforts?
Hope College Network
APRIL 26, 2016
I’ve been back in Michigan for a little over a week now, and I’m still processing the fact that I’ve been in Ireland for four months. It’s just crazy to think I’ve been there and experienced so much all within such a short amount of time. There were so many things that made my time in Ireland memorable, but one aspect that was a huge part of my experience was the program that I went through – IES.
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Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 19, 2016
Distance learning is an important and increasing area within the University’s teaching and learning portfolio. It allows students to embark upon and engage in their studies in a more flexible way that can integrate with their busy day-to-day lives. The right blend of student, supervisors and research topic is important, but if the blend is right then it can lead to a different, productive and exciting learning experience for all concerned.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 25, 2016
Participate in a Universitas 21 network survey on teaching and find out more about ongoing research on teaching practices and attitudes. How do we really know what goes on inside university classrooms? What do academic staff truly believe about and value in their teaching? How do academics view the institutional importance given to teaching in an arena of competing priorities?
Hope College Network
APRIL 24, 2016
Oh, if these walls could talk… right? Phelps 204 welcomed my roommate and me in with open arms back in August. Since then, there have been joy-filled moments, tear-filled moments, and many, many, many stress-filled moments. Through it all, room 204 has been there. So here’s to you, Phelps 204, we couldn’t have made it without you. It started in August, soccer preseason was upon us.
Hope College Network
APRIL 20, 2016
Hello, everyone! One thing I have learned to do well this year is staying organized with my assignments, being aware of when big papers and tests are coming up (which is a big, recent development) and taking better care to write down when I have meetings, work, and rehearsals to make sure that I don’t miss anything. I have figured out a pretty good system that works well for me, so I thought I would share it!
Hope College Network
APRIL 14, 2016
The school year, including our varsity athletic seasons, is slowly but surely coming to the end. In recognition of athletic events, Ben Lemmen, 2014 Hope College graduate, directed and produced a highlight video called Hope College Athletics 2015-16. In the other words, here is what it means to be a Flying Dutchman! Credit to Ben Lemmen. The post Hope College Athletics: 2015-16 appeared first on Life at Hope College.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 12, 2016
The Beginning It was January 2005 and I tentatively typed “Hello and welcome to the University of Edinburgh” to my three newly enrolled online students. These were my first online distance learning students and they were embarking on the University’s first fully online distance learning programme. Little did I know that in each subsequent year I would say those same words to another cohort of new students.
Hope College Network
APRIL 12, 2016
It is my last few days in Ireland and I can hardly believe it. I come home Saturday and will get to see my family and friends for the first time in four long months. There are so many emotions and feelings swirling around in my head that I’m going to take some time to sort through them if you don’t mind. I want to stay here… These past four months have been incredible!
Hope College Network
APRIL 10, 2016
I feel like the past four months have truly flown by. Time will never slow down when you need it to the most. There have been moments lately when all I wanted was time to hurry up, go faster so class could end and I can take nap during my busy day, or so I can have more time to finish my essay. And yet there have plenty more moments when I wanted time to slow down so I can enjoy the little things, whether it’s walking downtown eating a waffle cone from Kilwin’s , catching up with a friend in the
Hope College Network
APRIL 7, 2016
I think everyone knows a person who is very competitive. Luckily for me, I roomed with one person the second semester of my first year, who is extremely competitive. It is very unfortunate because I am highly competitive and we both hate to lose. It was on Tuesday during the Spring Break, when I, my roommate and another two friends from Hope College went to visit St.
Hope College Network
APRIL 7, 2016
On March 31, I went to the Cesar Chavez Lecture given by the Dean Alfredo Gonzales in the Maas Auditorium. The lecture was about 1 hour long and Dean Gonzalez made a very interesting point. I did not write down every single word of what he said, but here is a paraphrase of one of his major points: “You have to learn what people have done before you to understand how much did it take to be in your position”.
Hope College Network
APRIL 7, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how long it takes to apply for study abroad at Hope College. Last, week I got accepted to study abroad in Santiago, Chile, business and culture program. So this is the steps which I will have to do after the acceptance. I have 4 things to do and 10 things to read. Firstly , I have to 300 USD fee to the organization, which was CIEE in my case.
Hope College Network
APRIL 7, 2016
You may have caught from another one of my posts that this is my last semester on campus at Hope. Next semester I will be participating in the Chicago Semester program, and then I graduate! I am so, so excited about the program that I am doing in the fall, but a lot of people do not know that much about it, so I thought I would offer a quick overview of why I am looking so forward to this fall.
Hope College Network
APRIL 4, 2016
The Pine Grove in the sun Never mind the fact that the ground on Hope’s campus is lightly dusted with snow right now, we’re going to talk about spring at Hope College. There’s so much you can do when the weather starts heating up a bit. I don’t mean summer heat, I mean that nice spring warmth where the sun is shying out of its winter position and warming the earth while a light breeze brushes up against your ankles as you walk to classes.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 4, 2016
Postcard from Katryn Duly, Digital Education student, artist and educator. Student blogs as a valuable assessed activity One of my favourite online places is the collection of students’ blogs on the MSc in Digital Education. In our initial course – Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning (IDEL) –students blog about their experiences of environments, reading and other activities, and about pedagogical and professional values and aspirations.
Hope College Network
APRIL 4, 2016
This past weekend was one of the best trips I’ve taken in Ireland so far. It was bittersweet because it was the last weekend trip I’ll be taking while here, but it was the perfect trip to end with regardless. A couple of friends and I went to Galway, on the western coast of Ireland and it was beautiful! Let me tell you about it. Friday We left the bus station in Dublin bright and early around 8:30 a.m. and arrived in Galway at 11 a.m.
Hope College Network
APRIL 3, 2016
This Saturday night at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 8th Street, the documentary Poverty, Inc. was shown for any Hope students, faculty, or Holland community members who were interested in attending. Sure enough, there I found myself, on Saturday night, with some friends of mine watching a film on worldwide poverty. Over the past few years, as my love for the nation of Haiti has grown, so too has my love for seeking articles, video clips, and books addressing the social issues (specifically pover
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 1, 2016
Open Educational Resources (OERs), a term coined in a UNESCO workshop in 2002, are part of a worldwide movement to promote and support sustainable educational development. Even if you haven’t come across the term before, the chance that you will have used OERs in teaching materials, presentations, slides, and even your personal life on a regular basis is quite high.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 1, 2016
During a time of expansion of online education at the University of Edinburgh, we need to make time and space to discuss and debate key issues, and to think critically about our likely and preferred futures for digital education. As online teachers, we have to respond through our pedagogies and assessment and feedback practices to visions of the future put forward by a range of stakeholders, including political, corporate and media interests, and to a relentless orientation to the ‘next big thin
Hope College Network
APRIL 27, 2016
My final project in my Writing for Media class was to create a website with a group focused on one topic. Our topic: Surviving Finals Week. The following is my post for the blog on some of the most popular places for Hope students to study. Ten Hope College Study Spots Every college student has his or her ideal study environment. Some like background noise, while others prefer silence.
Hope College Network
APRIL 18, 2016
This Saturday I spent most of my day, 8:30a.m.–3:00p.m., at 14th Street Christian Reformed Church. On a whim maybe a month ago I decided to register for this retreat hosted my a group on campus, Klesis. Klesis is the Greek word for calling which is what this group focuses on. It’s peer/faculty mentorship program considering whether grad school is for you, and exploring vocation and calling from a Christian perspective.
Hope College Network
APRIL 18, 2016
The letter came in early March to my mailbox in the mailroom: the letterhead of a college that is different from Hope. It’s red and white (thank goodness, not maroon and gold… sorry to all of you Calvin fans) and it’s 229.5 miles from my cozy apartment east of campus. And what it had inside of it was a yes. I remember what it was like to stand on campus as a freshman three years ago, feeling as if there was a lifetime ahead of me.
Hope College Network
APRIL 14, 2016
Internships are part of the college experience for many students. A lot of students do not start to think about it until later in their college careers, so it is unique for me, since I am only a freshman. At least that’s what the Career Development Center said when entered their office in October 2015. Nevertheless, here is what does it take to make a summer internship a reality from the international student standpoint.
Hope College Network
APRIL 12, 2016
I often find myself wishing that time would stop, or at the very least that things would shift into slow motion for at least a week or maybe five minutes. When they say that your time in college flies by fast, they aren’t lying. It’s scary yet exciting to know that in the same amount of time that I have already spent at Hope, I will be leaving and venturing off into the real world.
Hope College Network
APRIL 6, 2016
Sure, college is a place you go to learn. You go into it with an idea of what you want to do or a plan of figuring out what you want to do and then focusing your studies to reach your goals. If you go to a liberal arts college, like Hope, you have the opportunity to be exposed to areas outside of your chosen discipline within your four years of classes.
Terminalfour
APRIL 27, 2016
Bournemouth University gets it right with ‘Countdown to BU’
Terminalfour
APRIL 8, 2016
Colorado State University continued success going social
Hope College Network
APRIL 19, 2016
The greenhouse at the Downtown Market This past Saturday night, I went down to Calvin College with one of our chaplains, Lauren Taylor, some other girls from Hope and a faculty member and his family. Calvin hosts the Festival of Faith and Writing every year, which is probably its most redeeming quality. (They’re our big rival, in case you missed that one).
Hope College Network
APRIL 14, 2016
In the recognition of the start of the 2016 NHL playoffs, which is highly popular on Hope College’s campus, since the Red Wings made it to the playoffs 25th in the row, here are the mathematical odds of one actually making it to the NHL. Every parent of a hockey player likes the idea of their kid playing in the NHL or how hockey players say “in the show.
Hope College Network
APRIL 18, 2016
I am back to my sweet Michigan home! Four months was a long time to be away, but I’m finally back in my house, my room, and my life. It was missed. The journey on Saturday was long, as my six-hour flight into Toronto, Canada, was followed up by a three-hour drive back to Detroit, Michigan, but it was worth it, as a couple best friends were there to surprise me upon my return.
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