If you’re a faculty member, you can probably tell me all about the first time an instructional...
Learning Design
I am often asked how to get learners to spend more time “exploring” in their learning rather...
Recently we’ve seen more attention paid to self-regulated learning as it pertains to student success, especially for...
As I watch the proliferation of digital learning platforms, particularly in STEM education (where there are lots...
For all of you who have taught students, you know that one of the rewards is seeing...
Here is the video of the AMATYC Keynote, Learning Math is Not a Spectator Sport.
Dear math students, As you work through your mathematics practice, I’m going to challenge you to embrace making errors in an...
For some inspiration to try a more active approach to learning, I thought I would share a...
Since many faculty are now approaching that time when syllabi get written and course shells get built,...
I feel a little inspired by Sam Ford’s post The Year We Talk About Our Awful Metrics....
How do you feel when you go to find information on a website, and you just can’t...
Let’s move on to the excellent article It’s Not How Much; It’s How: Characteristics of Practice Behavior and Retention of...
In November, I gave the keynote at the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Conference in...
This week I followed a hunch and, with the help of a friend who is a music...
When you walk in to a room full of people, choose someone who seems the most different...
In the midst of all the bling of media-rich, adaptive, personalized, [insert-buzzword-here] digital products, there is a...
Very few of us would buy an unbuilt home without at least viewing a model home that...
I have spent a great deal of time in the last two years writing software tickets for...
There are many college-level courses that are required but not beloved by students. Math requirements, in particular,...