Category Archives: Nina Kollars

Feeling Motivated?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

My least favorite questions from my minions: 1. Will this be on the test? 2. What do I have to do to get an A in this class? 3. Do I have to read the whole thing? 4. How many … Continue reading →

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Purpose and Intent

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

3 Days in conference has yielded much… but I am reminded yet again…that the foundational choices and decisions we make to engage our students must begin and end with clear intent. The single most commonly articulated point: MAKE CERTAIN YOUR … Continue reading →

Posted in Amanda Rosen, APSA, Nina Kollars, Role-playing, Seminars, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Reminder: Register for APSA Teaching Learning by Feb 1st

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Join the editors of ALPS at the 10th annual Teaching and Learning Conference, hosted by the American Political Science Association in Long Beach, California from 8-10 February, 2013.  This will also mark the fourth anniversary of our collective attendance on … Continue reading →

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Dennis Rodman, Michelle Obama, and Kim Kardashian walk into a bar….

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

…. it is a moment destined for Twitterdom, all three instantaneously update their statuses…. You panic!!!! This fits your student’s research paper on the leveling nature of social media as a universal conversation among the different stratas of power in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Getting Them to Read, Nina Kollars, Social Networking/Media, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A Bad Romance ….Gaga over Edutainment

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Soomo Publishing’s take on Suffrage….it’s such a Bad Romance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYQhRCs9IHM A year ago in Albuquerque as I was discussing the games and simulations we play in class at the annual TLC and one of my colleagues winced a little. So I … Continue reading →

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Taking Student Motivations Into Account

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Great session at TLC this year, with lots of interesting papers and ideas for simulations and games, including another wonderful workshop by ALPS’ own Victor Asal. My own paper (with Nina Kollars) dealt with the issue of student motivation and … Continue reading →

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Best of Both Worlds Model at APSA

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

We make our students work in groups to learn from each other right? Michael Brintnall has done amazing things for the APSA conference in a way that few appear to realize. There are, in fact, working groups at APSA, and … Continue reading →

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Archaeology

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Though I suspect that this activity is applicable much more broadly than an introduction to methods class, next week I will be trying an exercise I call the Archaeologist’s Quandary. Class size : 10-50 students Time required: 30 minutes at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exercises, Nina Kollars, Research Methods, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Leaving the Room Open to Unexpected Learning

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Several weeks ago while playing a few rounds of the prisoner’s dilemma I came across an opportunity to learn from my students.  The game went in this way: Students were to play one round of the Prisoner’s Dilemma (rat out … Continue reading →

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