June 17, 2021 Just Imagine…Who’s Listening? For years, Chinese hackers dominated one of the most prestigious hacking competitions in the world. They were able to consistently find flaws in systems from America’s largest tech companies. They...
June 16, 2021 When Disagreement is Good Dr. Gretchen Whitmore was in her first year of teaching an upper-level social science course. She had decided to use a student-centered discussion approach as her primary teaching strategy. She believed...
June 10, 2021 Just Imagine…Your Digital Accuser Imagine that you are a longstanding local postmaster. You’ve always prided yourself on your job and have been very careful as a custodian of public resources. That’s why you can’t...
June 9, 2021 Managing Emotions in Discussions Dr. Marc Jeffers was teaching a section of the Diversity and Inclusion class which was a required orientation course at his college. The course had a secondary role: teaching students...
June 3, 2021 Just Imagine…Algorithmic Parenting [Trigger Warning: this post mentions suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255] The Myers* family was devastated. Their teenage son Herbie died by suicide. He left no note, but a...
June 2, 2021 Five-Minute Interventions Majid Alimani could sense from the moment students entered class that they were down. It was mid-semester week and students were exhausted and worried about their grades. He knew that...
May 27, 2021 Just Imagine…Data Trusts, for the People? Imagine a gathering of old friends. As usual they were reminiscing about fun times together. Then unexpectedly, one of the women asked, “Do you find it difficult to find items...
May 26, 2021 Assessment Possibilities for Discussion Classes Jon Cutler was nervous about making in-class discussions a major component of his classes. His concerns focused on two things: assessment of what was learned from the discussion and assessment...
May 19, 2021 Facilitating Like You’re Skipping Stones “How many of you have skipped stones?” so began Sonja Jefferson as she introduced the class session on facilitation. Almost every hand went up. “Good, you have already learned the...