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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. Thanks to that requirement, the Cal State system has built a library that has grown to more than 200 teaching portfolios.

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Why U. of Michigan’s President Says Universities Should Work to Transform Teaching

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I learned much better having someone explain something to me and take me through the thinking, than I do reading a book. They barely go to lecture at all, and they absorb tremendous amounts of material from reading a book or from a media presentation. For a lot of people, it's just the opposite.

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