This article describes Temple University’s experience with reforming their General Education curriculum. Note how they contrast a focus on teaching with a focus on content: “Speaking more broadly of the new general education curriculum, Cutler contrasts Temple’s approach with standard distribution requirements, in which students are required to take a … Continue reading
This article describes Temple University’s experience with reforming their General Education curriculum. Note how they contrast a focus on teaching with a focus on content:
“Speaking more broadly of the new general education curriculum, Cutler contrasts Temple’s approach with standard distribution requirements, in which students are required to take a certain number of courses in a […] Continue reading
News: Reforming the Requirement-Free Curriculum – Inside Higher Ed Here’s an interesting article about Brown University and their experience with a “requirement-free” university. As my BA352 students work on their projects on reforming General Education at the UO, this provides another perspective to consider. Blogged with the Flock Browser
News: Reforming the Requirement-Free Curriculum – Inside Higher Ed
Here’s an interesting article about Brown University and their experience with a “requirement-free” university. As my BA352 students work on their projects on reforming General Education at the UO, this provides another perspective to consider.
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Alverno College – Diagnostic Digital Portfolio Home Page This is a very interesting approach to learning and assessment. Alverno committed to an “ability-based” learning model that is built on key abilities in: Communication Analysis Problem Solving Valuing in Decision Making Social Interaction Developing a Global Perspective Effective Citizenship Aesthetic Engagement … Continue reading
Blogging | New Media: The Virtual and the False An assignment description and rubric for evaluating blogs. Blogged with the Flock Browser
Webfolios: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting at Once An argument for eportfolios as an effective assessment tool. Blogged with the Flock Browser
TVO.ORG | Video | Big Ideas – Mark Kingwell and Malcolm Gladwell Interesting debate between Malcolm Gladwell and Mark Kingwell on how to effect social change. Gladwell proposes that “awareness” campaigns are basically useless in creating behavior change. Blogged with the Flock Browser
Liberal Education | Winter 2009 | The Best of Both Worlds
This article from the AACU Journal – Liberal Education – discusses an effort at Bentley to better integrate Liberal Arts and Business.
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I find this an interesting metaphor for showing the integrated aspects of eportfolio thinking and learning (akin to Helen Barrett’s “Two Faces of Eportfolios”). Creative Commons Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24289877@N02/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The creator offers the following ways this idea might apply (developed for a paper given at the VET … Continue reading
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