The ubiquitous nature of social media in today’s society has driven interest in identifying opportunities for their use in higher education with an eye toward their effectiveness at improving...
Web 2.0 Technologies for Learning: X (Twitter)
Scientific Thinking. It’s Not Just For Scientists!
The value of critical thinking skills is undeniable, particularly in today’s world in which there is a dearth of sound thinking amidst a backdrop of widespread misinformation designed to unduly...
Using the Cohort to Drive First-Year Student Engagement
In my previous blog post on Wikis, I mentioned some aspects of collaborative learning that lead me to think about cohorts and whether or not we are fully leveraging their...
Getting Students Outside of the Box
Persistence rates in higher education haven’t improved over the last two decades and though student retention is obviously a key success factor, alone it isn’t a...