Innovation and Teaching Naked

As a follow-up to my previous blogpost, Joyce Kincannon and I sat down to record a podcast reflecting on our engagement at yesterday’s UVa Innovation in Pedagogy Summit.  Have a listen:

Collaborative Assessment

Last night, we focused on the role of “assessment” in learning in our GRAD-602 class.  We had a good discussion around formative and summative assessment, and potential digital tools that could be used formatively or summatively for assessment. What we did not discuss was the concept of collaboration in assessment.  So this morning, Joyce Kincannon,… Read more Collaborative Assessment

Perspectives on Teaching

This morning, Jeffrey Nugent, Laura Gogia and I met to debrief last night’s GRAD-602 class, and decided to discuss our perspectives on teaching as a podcast.  Last night in class, our students had shared their results in taking the Teaching Perspective Inventory, and the three of us had conducted that activity as well. The dominant… Read more Perspectives on Teaching

A Conversation on Learner Autonomy and Compliance

Sat down with Jeff Nugent and David McLeod, my co-teachers for GRAD-602, to discuss the tension between learner autonomy and learner compliance.  This is planned to be the first in a series of podcasts we three will do for this course.  Good discussion around power, roles, self-directedness, and learning-centered students. Note: The Skeptical Goat made… Read more A Conversation on Learner Autonomy and Compliance

CTE Teaching and Learning Podcast – Making the Transition to Online Teaching

Last December, I had the opportunity to participate in a podcast in the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence‘s Teaching and Learning podcast series with Dr. Lynda Gillespie, Director of Technology for Chesterfield County Public Schools and adjunct professor for the VCU School of Education.  The original podcast was posted here, but I thought I should… Read more CTE Teaching and Learning Podcast – Making the Transition to Online Teaching