Archive for January, 2008

843. Inside the Undergraduate Experience – Assessing Personal Growth

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Folks:

The posting below looks at ways of assessing students’ personal growth as undergraduates. It is from Chapter 3, Personal Growth: Conclusions and Implications Inside the Undergraduate Experience in The University of Washington’s Study of Undergraduate Learning, by Catherine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald M. Gillmore, and Andrew T. Fisher of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Anker Publishing Company, Inc.,563 Main Street P.O. Box 249 Bolton, MA 01740-0249 USA www.ankerpub.com Copyright © 2007 by Anker Publishing Company, Inc. All rights Reserved., ISBN 978-1-933371-26-9.
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Rick Reis
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842. The Habit of Learning

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

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The posting below describes an interesting study on efforts to develop self-directed, lifelong learners (SDLL). It is by Scott Jiusto and David Dibasio and is from the November 2007 issue of ASEE Prism, Volume 17, Number 3. . Scott Jiusto is assistant professor of geography in Interdisciplinary and Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. David DiBiasio is associate professor and department head of Chemical Engineering at WPI. This article is adapted from “Experiential Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students to be Self-Directed, Life-Long Learners?” in the July, 2006 JEE. http://www.asee.org/publications/jee/index.cfm Copyright © 2007 ASEE, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

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841. Writing in the Academy – Reputation, Education and Knowledge

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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The posting below looks at how publications impact faculty careers. It is by Ken Hyland, Professor of Education at XXXX and is Based on a Professorial lecture delivered at the Institute of Education, University of London on 17 October 2006.First published in 2007 by the Institute of Education, University of London 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL www.ioe.ac.uk/publications ©Institute of Education, University of London 2002. Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
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840. When to Use PowerPoint

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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The posting below gives some good advice on when, and not when, to use PowerPoint presentations. It is from Chapter 16, Designing Learning Experiences, from the book, Blueprint for Learning, Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning by Laurie Richlin. Published by Stylus Publishing, LLC
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, Virginia 20166-2102. ISBN: 1-57922-142-4 (cloth) / 13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57922-142-3. ISBN: 1-57922-143-2 (paper) / 13 -digit ISBN: 978-1-57922-143-0. Copyright© 2006 by Stylus Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
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839. Mentoring Across Cultures

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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The posting below is an important article on mentoring across cultures. It is by Betty Neal Crutcher and is from the July-August issue of Academe, Voilume 93, Number 4, a publication of the American Association of University Professors, 1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite #500; Washington, DC 20005. http://www.aaup.org/aaup Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
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838. Lessons Learned as a Department Chai

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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The posting below is a valuable “lessons learned” list from a former department chair, Matthew Lombard, of the Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media at Temple University in Philadelphia, (lombard@temple.edu). The comments should be of interest to both regular faculty and other department chairs.

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Rick Reis
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837. Avoid Burnout

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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The posting below has some very good advice on managing burnout . It is by Mary McKinney, Ph.D. of Successful Academic Coaching. Please visit Mary’s web site at http://www.successfulacademic.com for additional tenure track tips and dissertation writing strategies. email: mckinney@successfulacademic.com. Copyright © 2000-07 Mary McKinney, Ph.D. – All Rights Reserved. Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
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836. In Order to Learn: How the Sequences of Topics Affect Learning

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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The posting below notes some of the issues of how the order of instructional material influences learning. It is a synopsis of Chapter 1, Call to order: How sequence effects in humans and artificial systems illuminate each other, by Frank Ritter (frank.ritter@psu.edu) and Josef Nerb (nerb@ph-freiburg.de) from: In order to learn: How the sequences of topics affect learning. Edited by Frank E. Ritter, Josef Nerb, Erno Lehtinen, and Timothy M. O’Shea, published in 2007 by Oxford University Press. ISBN 78-0195178845. This synopsis provided exclusively to Tomorrow’s Professor. The book can be ordered at: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/Cognitive/?view=usa&ci=9780195178845
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Rick Reis
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835 Why Introducing or Sustaining Peer Review of Teaching Is so Hard, and What You Can Do About It

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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Happy New Year to everyone. The posting below looks at barriers to peer review of teaching and ways to mitigate them. It is by Nancy Van Note Chism, professor of higher education and former associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and associate dean of the faculties at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. [nchism@iupui.edu]. The article appeared in The Department Chair: A Resource for Academic Administrators, Fall, 2007, Vol. 18, No. 2. For further information on how to subscribe, as well as pricing and discount information, please contact, Sandy Quade, Account Manager, John Wiley & Sons, Phone: (203) 643-8066 (squadepe@wiley.com). or see: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-DCH.html

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Rick Reis
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