Getting Started in SoTL
I have found a reoccurring theme on exploring instructional methods and subsequently, how do we know what might work in our classrooms....
Self-Regulated Learning
I would like to share research on the topic of Self-Regulated Learning and Metacognition. From Creating Self-Regulated Learners:...
Evaluating Participation
I would like to share the article on a topic, which has become a common theme in many of my discussions I have enjoyed with faculty over...
Frustration and Confusion
I have had several discussions this week with faculty on the topic of student confusion. This week’s article "Sequences of Frustration...
Measuring Effective Teaching
-- This blog is the beginning of weekly emails sent to colleagues interested in higher education teaching research -- Several of you have...
What's Next for Failed Events
So, for those who have read most of the literature base in this “Need to Fail” blog, if we agree that change is difficult and one reason...
Eastern View of Failed Events
The philosophies and values of a culture form in part from the shared fears and loves in the culture. Differing fears and loves have...
Fear or Love Failed Events
We propose that we make decisions following our failed events based on two and only two major criteria – fear or love. In the Middle...
Tao te Failed Event
“Failure is an opportunity.” Lao tzu (a 6th century BC record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court) (quote is from chapter 79, line 1 of the...
Questions for Failed Events
Questions that can help us to know when we have sufficiently ‘tried’ an event and should possibly consider another direction different...
