Research Academy at Montclair State University

Where the cool teachers congregate... This blog is written by Julie Dalley, Assistant Director for the Research Academy for University Learning at Montclair State University, and Editor-at-Large for the Teaching Times in Higher Education, a bi-annual print and electronic industry newsletter. We largely focus on trending topics in higher education, and generally on all topics concerned with teaching and learning at every level. Our goal to contribute to and encourage conversation on why we teach and how we learn and everything in between. Personally, I am a reader and a writer, so I often re-blog items of interest concerning cool reads, great pieces of writing, and literary criticism.

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IDEA Paper #54 Reflective Ethical Inquiry: Preparing Students for Life

IDEA Paper #54 Reflective Ethical Inquiry: Preparing Students for Life

Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things), attributed to Tintoretto, 1585. Courtesy of Creative Commons. Copyright Wikipedia:CC BY-SA.

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Donna M. Qualters • Tufts University

Melissa McDaniels • Michigan State University

Perrin Cohen • Northeastern University

Reprinted by permission from The IDEA Center. May not be reproduced or used without…

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The Future of Higher Education is in Our Intention and Actions Today

The Future of Higher Education is in Our Intention and Actions Today

Copyright 2012 Favim.com – courtesy of Creative Commons.org/Google Images.

Part I (an opening)

Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present.

T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton,” Four Quartets

In systems that exhibit little to no change, prognostication is rather straightforward: a…

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23 media-rich projects

Reblogged from NspireD2: Learning Technology in Higher Ed.:

Most people understand that the written word is only one of the ways in which people communicate. However, the typical faculty member in higher education has little experience designing or…

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To Twitter or Not to Twitter

Twitter Logo, courtesy of Creative Commons/Google Images.

by Reynol Junco

The following article was…

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Beyond Classroom Settings: Collaboration, Connectivity, and Learning with New Technologies

By Dr. Susana Sotillo, Associate Professor, Linguistics, Montclair State University.

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Start with an Appetizer

Reblogged from NspireD2: Learning Technology in Higher Ed.:

I was browsing through Penn State's excellent Media Commons site and came across The Appetizer Assignment, presented as an easy video project for faculty and students. The web page includes…

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How Teachers Are Turning to Social Media to Extend Learning

[Reblog from Education Week; original story written by Laura Heinauer Mellett on September 18, 2013 9:57 AM]

“Social media is one of the trendiest ways teachers are enhancing lessons and engaging students both in and out of the classroom.

With just a…

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Why Don’t You Just Speak Up? Engagement & Discussion Ideas from an Introverted Teacher

Reblogged from Techniques in Learning & Teaching:

by Kristin L. Fitzsimmons (MFA, UMinn)

Introduction

When undergraduates enter university classrooms, they’re coming from various educational backgrounds and experiences. They will all have different…

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Before Reading or Watching Videos, Students Should Experiment First

See on Scoop.it – Teaching and Learning Articles

A new Stanford study shows that students learn better when first exploring an unfamiliar idea or concept on their own, rather than reading a text or watching a video first.

See on blogs.kqed.org

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Facing Plagiarism with a Positive Attitude?

Reblogged from Deep Down in the Classroom:

I don't know about all of you, but I have found some plagiarism over the past week or so.  Last night, particularly, an essay came back from Safe Assign with a 70% rate of plagiarism. It was a documented essay…

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Revisiting comic creation

Reblogged from NspireD2: Learning Technology in Higher Ed.:

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One of the early posts on this blog was Creating seriously good comics online, a review of the comic-creation site Pixton. To…

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Twitteracy: Tweeting as a New Literacy Practice

Note: Link opens as a PDF.

This new research article explores how Twitter, and other social media technologies, contributes to new and traditional literacy practices. It offers models of using Twitter as a learning tool, explores how Twitter is used by…

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Technology and gritty learning

Reblogged from NspireD2: Learning Technology in Higher Ed.:

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Psychologist Angela Duckworth defines grit as a combination of passion, perseverance, and stamina applied over the long term. Dr.…

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Experiments in Creative Approaches to Science Education

Experiments in Creative Approaches to Science Education, by Mika Munakata and Ashwin Vaidya

By Dr.…

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Performing Arts as Pedagogy, by Christopher Parker

Performing Arts as Pedagogy by Christopher Parker

Lauren Worsham in Dog Days (photo by James…

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Using Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermid

Using Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermid by Dr. Kirk McDermid, Department of Philosophy…

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Playing Games to Learn - Ideas and Resources

My 7th/8th grade math teacher, Ms. Whitney, always included logic puzzles at the end of every unit…

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