October 7, 2009 Using IF with a Group of Faculty I wanted to share my recent experience about using the IF process with a group of faculty at my institution to discuss changing general education requirements. When I attended the...
September 18, 2009 Trusteeing the Process On Sunday I spent about 90 minutes at a retreat for the Board of Trustees of a local private school. I served on this Board for the past three years,...
September 9, 2009 Little Things That Count: A Human Scale of Discussion When people are invited to take part in one of the Interactivity Foundation’s Public Discussions they often wonder what effect this could have if we meet with just a small...
July 28, 2009 Lauren’s Story The entry below is another story from my colleague Jack Byrd about student experiences with a student-centered discussion class. It might help you think about the ways that discussion facilitation...
July 23, 2009 Summer Institute Activities: Educational Connections So, what kinds of things will we be doing at the Summer Institute? In last week's posting, I noted that we’ll have 3 major focal areas: 1) learning the discussion...