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Is Open Content Enough? Where OER Advocates Say the Movement Must Go Next

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In Mitchell’s keynote at OpenEd, she asked the audience of educators, librarians and other open education enthusiasts to think about their “tolerance for failure” in education. Then what has followed for me, because I’ve been always interested in the ethical questions, is: where do we stop and why do we stop there?

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Using these seven suggestions, you can make sure the learning continues even as Thanksgiving pulls their attention away. Teaching the days before big holidays is challenging. Students and teachers alike are ready for a break.

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Holiday Activities To Keep the Learning Going

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Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Quandary – challenge students ethically in this MIT game. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. Teaching the days before big holidays is challenging. I’ve been there often.

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College Leaders Make Mistakes. Here’s Why They Should Apologize For Them.

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I read an entire book on derailed college presidencies , with dozens of cases of ethical lapses, and found hardly a reference to apologizing. I once sat through a multi-hour meeting in which a college leader refused to accept responsibility for persistent issues with equity and inclusion that had been brought to their attention years prior.

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When A Nudge Feels Like a Shove

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Such research, he says, has shown the importance of sending messages when students have academic successes, not just when failure is on the horizon. One of the best subject lines as far as getting students to pay attention, for instance, is “we’re proud of you.”

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Imagine that you wanted to slowly kill public education

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give as little policy attention as possible to the known educational needs of students who live in poverty or don’t speak English as their primary language (and thus struggle academically), even as those student and family populations increase markedly within the state.

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Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind

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Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. Pay attention to and do not dismiss another person’s thoughts, feelings, and ideas. When listening to speakers, students are expected to come prepared to listen attentively and ask relevant questions. Listening with Understanding and Empathy.