Posts Tagged ‘personal learning network’
November 3 - Personal Learning Environments Help Students Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom
By: John Orlando, PhD in Teaching with Technology, Trends in Higher Education
My son Alex is an average 20-year-old college sophomore. He gets OK grades, and like many people his age, seems more interested in video games than school. Looking at him, you might think that nothing in particular excites him.
December 16 - Tips for Building a Personal Learning Network on Campus and Online
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Faculty Development
Colleagues can play such an important role in our development as teachers, yet most of the time we don’t make use of them in ways that really help us grow pedagogically. We spend time with faculty who inhabit offices near ours sharing pedagogical pleasantries, noting our successes and those of our students, or complaining about the lack of institutional support for teaching or the poor performance of this year’s entering class.
