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Bad professor! Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad professor!

Bad professor! Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad professor!

I was going to write a post about my concerns regarding the demonization of college and university faculty for their fair use of digital materials in class, but I think I’ll let the graphic I developed sum up my feelings.

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Meeting New College Students Where They Are

Meeting New College Students Where They Are

The bottom line is that incoming college freshmen are underprepared, academically, and probably use social media in ways that are different from what you expect.

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Seven Tips for Successful Team-based Learning

Seven Tips for Successful Team-based Learning

Holly Bender is a professor of Veterinary Pathology at Iowa State University (ISU). But don’t let the fact that Holly is a veterinarian lead you to believe she’s not a great teacher. Among the numerous modalities of teaching approaches she uses in her clinical pathology class, team-based learning is one of her favorites. She’s known at ISU for her team-based teaching techniques and recently shared her approaches at the 2009 University Teaching Seminar in Ames.

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