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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

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Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We spent the second half of class deconstructing a couple of race-based educational cases from Gorski’s book, Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education. I’ve got six students in the class.

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Leadership during a crisis: Class update 1

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Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership During a Crisis , is going. Additionally, two students are going to try their hand at creating a case study on crisis leadership (and hopefully submit for publication). I’ve got six students in the class.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

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Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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Here’s the Syllabus for Your Summer Crash Course in Online Education

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No one knows yet what the next semester will bring, but there’s a good chance the spaces where you used to teach, whether cavernous lecture hall or cozy seminar room, won’t be available this fall. Palloff and Keith Pratt (book), provides case studies about building community in online environments.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. Participants gathered online each week for seminar-style conversations, case study discussions and peer critiques. These design choices have noticeable implications.

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Active Learning Strategies for Students

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Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or case studies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. Think-Pair-Share: Students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then discuss their thoughts with a partner before sharing with the whole class.

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In Teaching, How Much ‘Curation’ is Too Much?

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The entire podcast series and the accompanying album would be excellent content in law schools, history courses and political science seminars. Once you build up different types of content (videos, articles, podcasts, exercises, activities, case studies and so on), you can start bringing them into your classes.