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What If Students Are the Biggest Barrier to Innovation?

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Marilyn Morgan Dr. Marilyn Morgan, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, echoed sentiments in the report saying that students, particularly those in her department, are reluctant to engage with education technology and find personalized learning techniques, such as group and self-directed learning, frustrating.

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. These portfolios bring those internal workings out in ways that a syllabus or course evaluations could never capture,” she says.

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The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count

Faculty Focus

Although institutions have all moved toward online, official course evaluations, why not use this last class to get and give feedback of a different sort? Calm students’ fears by indicating that they’ll see these problems throughout the course. The class has a history; things have happened. Get and give useful feedback.

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The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count

Faculty Focus

Although institutions have all moved toward online, official course evaluations, why not use this last class to get and give feedback of a different sort? Calm students’ fears by indicating that they’ll see these problems throughout the course. The class has a history; things have happened. Get and give useful feedback.

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Mid-Semester Course Corrections: Using the MSF Model to Engage Students and Improve Courses

Faculty Focus

Peter Ufland is Associate Professor of History at the University of the District of Columbia Community College. His latest research focuses on evaluation of history course syllabi in higher education and whether they conform to the best practices of teaching and learning. 2016; Kite, et al., Weimer, Maryellen.

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Mid-Semester Course Corrections: Using the MSF Model to Engage Students and Improve Courses

Faculty Focus

Peter Ufland is Associate Professor of History at the University of the District of Columbia Community College. His latest research focuses on evaluation of history course syllabi in higher education and whether they conform to the best practices of teaching and learning. 2016; Kite, et al., Weimer, Maryellen.