Tag Archives: teaching

Choosing Course Resources: A Conversation with Stephen Thomas and Ewurama Appiagyei-Dankah

| October 9, 2018
Is it ethical to charge students extra for digital learning experiences when traditionally those costs have been covered by tuition? A question posed by Stephen Thomas, Hub Fellow

We wanted to know how professors choose classroom texts and resources. So we asked them. This is the final interview in a series of five conversations. Our purpose has been to to spotlight some of the interesting ways our educators are making innovative choices to help us learn more and spend less. If you missed…

Choosing Course Resources: A Conversation with Jane Zimmerman and Erin Campbell

| October 4, 2018
I used to rely heavily on textbooks. now, instead of seeing it as "the textbook defines my course," now I define the course and find or create the texts to support what needs to be in the course. -Jane Zimmerman

We wanted to know how professors choose classroom texts and resources.  So we asked them. This is the fourth interview in a series of five conversations that we’re sharing as part of a blog series. We hope to spotlight some of the interesting ways our educators are making innovative choices to help us learn more…

Choosing Course Resources: A Conversation with Paul Irving and Erin Campbell

| October 2, 2018
Q: Is student learning compromised because you're using a no-cost system instead of the paid system for homework? 'No. We know it's not because we've measured. We've measured conceptual understanding across all the physics courses and we know for our class we have a substantially higher amount of learning.

We wanted to know how professors choose classroom texts and resources.  So we asked them. This is the third interview in a series of five conversations that we’re sharing as part of a blog series. We hope to spotlight some of the interesting ways our educators are making innovative choices to help us learn more…

Student Competencies and Experiential Learning: An Account from Justin Morrill College (1965-1979)

| September 28, 2018
Three of six student competencies developed by faculty in the Justin Morrill College in 1974

This is the fourth post in a guest series by John Duley. In this post, Duley discusses his time as a faculty member in MSU’s Justin Morrill College (a predecessor of RCAH and Arts & Letters) and the student competencies its faculty sought to develop through experiential learning opportunities. In this and the next blog…

Choosing Course Resources: A Conversation with Ioana Sonea and Ewurama Appiagyei-Dankah

| September 27, 2018
In the past, students could get by without the texbook becasue we tended to give lectures ... and they could survive on just that. In the new curriculum, that's been a big debate.

We wanted to know how professors choose classroom texts and resources.  So we asked them. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll post a series of those interview conversations. In doing so, we hope to spotlight some of the interesting ways our educators are making innovative choices to help us learn more and spend less.…

Choosing Course Resources: A Conversation with Melanie Cooper and Erin Campbell

| September 25, 2018

We wanted to know how professors choose classroom texts and resources. So we asked them. Over the next couple weeks we’ll post a series of those interview conversations. In doing so, we hope to spotlight some of the interesting ways our educators are making innovative choices to help us learn more and spend less.

Learning, Teaching, and a Culture of Care

| February 7, 2018
"We need to be courageous enough to create space for change and the new language that will facilitate that change." - Jeff Grabill

By Jeff Grabill, Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Technology A number of faculty, students, and staff have been working on a new approach to educator professional development. It is an inclusive and community-based framework for how we can all grow as teachers and learners. It has been clear to each of us that this…

Serendipitous Learning Potential through Intentionally Designed Learning Spaces with Eric Kunnen

| February 10, 2016

Serendipitous Learning Potential through Intentionally Designed Learning Spaces with Eric Kunnen This post is the result of a collaborative effort by ThinkIn coordinator Gerald Rhead, Eric Kunnen, Dr. Julie Funk, Rashad Muhammad & Dave Goodrich The Hub’s January ThinkIn found us partnering with folks from the MSU Library, where we had a rich conversation with Eric Kunnen and several others…