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Dealing with the Know-it-Alls (aka, the Hermione Monsters)
We all know this student. They are both the savior and bane of our classroom–the student we can count on to participate and break the dreaded silence from the sea of confused or uncertain faces….and the student who we can … Continue reading
Learning CAN be a Contact Sport
Simon recently discussed the issue of contact hours with students in the classroom and how that is held up as a benchmark for particular institutions. One critique he pointed out is that this allows little time for the self discovery … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Amanda Rosen, Games, Group Collaboration, Ice Breakers, Seminars
Tagged activities, collaborative learning, game, group exercise, pedagogy, peer, teamwork
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My Real World Survivor Experience
I recently returned from a trip to Heifer International’s Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas as part of my experimental new course called Real World Survivor: Experiencing Poverty through Heifer Ranch. After learning about the issues captured by the UN Millennium Development … Continue reading
Knowing Your Resources: Help a Colleague, Help Yourself
The other day a colleague came into my office and said “hey– I have class in twenty minutes on X. Any ideas for a game I could use?” I wish I could say that I immediately pulled a game on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Amanda Rosen, Exercises, Games, International Relations
Tagged activities, collaborative learning, game, international relations, peer, teaching
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Teaching Failure
Everyone should check out this fascinating piece on Inside Higher Ed, about how to help students learn from failure. The instructor reserves 5% of the final grade for ‘quality of failure’, assessed by a reflective essay at the end of … Continue reading
Learning Outside the Classroom
Despite mission statements, learning objectives, and other verbiage that faculty expend much time and effort creating, many of our students still regard learning as something that only occurs in the classroom, with an older authority figure telling them what and … Continue reading
Posted in Chad Raymond
Tagged collaborative learning, community, lifelong learning, non-profit, peer
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Crowd-Sourced Studying
Similar to Simon’s experience with the MCQ exam, students typically formed groups and divided the questions among members when doing my take-out quizzes and the connections exercise last semester, but they failed to verify that each other’s answers were correct. This semester, … Continue reading
Posted in Chad Raymond, Exam, Group Collaboration, Uncategorized
Tagged collaborative learning, exam, Revolution 2.0, Wael Ghonim
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Time Well Spent
Maybe it doesn’t matter what techniques we use in the classroom; maybe it’s how much time students spend with the material we want them to learn! I got this idea after an experiment on the learning efficacy of a collaborative … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises & Projects, Group Collaboration, Writing
Tagged collaborative learning, time
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