Will Richardson

APRIL 29, 2019

Just for the record, if you’re an advocate for “personalizing” learning, then you need to do more than just offer some options for how students might work their way through the curriculum. That’s just a starting point. If you really are serious about honoring a student’s interests and dispositions and individuality, then you’re going to have to also honor a “personalized” version of “success” and “achievement.” You’re

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 3, 2019

As the COVID pandemic swept the globe, colleges and universities have been in a rush to transform to stay financially stable. This was written before the COVID crisis but the information is now even more critical.

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Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

MAY 1, 2019

by Dr. Tammi Cooper. Dr. Tammi Cooper, Associate Dean in the School of Business at Northcentral University, shares her knowledge from her own often-bumpy transition from faculty to academic administrator, covering the following key topics: The challenge of the transition. Key areas for administrator success. Creating a personal development plan. The challenge of the transition.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 30, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, Charisse Kenion, CC0 In this post, Dr Celine Caquineau and Dr Phil Larkman, from Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, showcase two initiatives recently run in the deanery of Biomedical Sciences to build academic community… Recognising the benefits of having an effective academic community on both student and staff experiences, the deanery of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) was keen to create more opportunities for staff and students to meet outside the classroom

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 30, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, Teecetera, CC0 In this post, Dr Nick Colegrave, a Professor in Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, describes how he developed “Tea at the Zoo” as a way for staff to chat with students in an informal setting… A couple of years ago, I was invited to take part in an initiative involving coffee and cake.

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

APRIL 29, 2019

Because a curricular approach is revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary, it is necessary that you think about organizational culture and organizational change processes before undertaking this journey. For many, this shift in approach requires the development of a learning-centric organization. An organization that moves beyond “exposure” through program attendance, and towards “learning” (Kerr & Tweedy, 2006).

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