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Andragogy boost from Twitter

Posted on: August 12, 2018 Last updated on: August 12, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
We need to write revisions to the natural narratives to see stories from other point of view.  I’ve had students do this in the past, but have fallen out of the practice.  I recently read on Twitter, “We write from…
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Smartphones in class

Posted on: August 12, 2018 Last updated on: August 12, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
“Working while receiving texts or email reduces workers’ performance  IQ by 10 points“:  From the conservative but reliable The Economist. “Study: Allowing smartphones in class lowers grades–even for students who don’t use them”  from BigThink.com, a website whose credibility and…
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RateMyProfessor: Marketing, Assessment and Reliability.

Posted on: April 5, 2018 Last updated on: April 6, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
A student journalist contacted me yesterday and asked about my feelings on the accuracy of feedback on a popular crowd sourced website.  They  approached me because I had the highest number of student evaluations (206 at this moment).  My feelings…
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Campus Wide Sustainability Contest.

Posted on: April 2, 2018 Last updated on: April 2, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
Every year JCCC Sustainability holds a contest for student ideas.  Each semester they fund these projects AND award cash (? – cav. card) prizes. See website here for more details.  This semester I’d like one of my student groups to…
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Kansas Politics.

Posted on: January 17, 2018 Last updated on: January 23, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
Kansas legislators don’t put identifiable information on bills – to indicate who sponsored laws – 90 % of the time.  This appalling lack of transparency needs to end. Also, rather than spend time in Kansas working for Kansans, our secretary…
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Co-lab grant: media evaluation – sustainability as object lesson

Posted on: August 14, 2017 Last updated on: August 14, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
Slideshow link at  tinyurl.com/spCoLabProject
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Making sense of copyright: memes

Posted on: May 2, 2017 Last updated on: May 2, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
I mixed up the Team-based Learning Ad campaign this year: did it earlier in the semester, made it more personal for students (they chose what they saw as the most important issues –  with no exceptions for controversial subjects), and…
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Show don’t tell

Posted on: April 4, 2017 Last updated on: April 4, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
I write this on many student papers, but I wonder how many can guess what I mean.  I write “Show don’t tell” when students bury the lead by using unnecessary vague pronouns (sometimes the “lead” or point of which they…
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this week in andragogy: 3:15/17

Posted on: March 15, 2017 Last updated on: March 15, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
click-bait or legit news?: Contrary to popular belief, school bullies have higher self-esteem, social status and lower levels of depression. Drawing on research in economics, psychology and sociology, study shows how people select their own reality by deliberately avoiding information…
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this week in climate chanage: 3/16/17

Posted on: March 15, 2017 Last updated on: March 15, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
Defense Secretary (and only Trump appointee with wide (98%) bipartisan support says climate change already destabilizing the world. Monsanto manufactured scientific studies and used said studies to influence EPA, and other regulators. Worlds biggest fund manager threatens to oust company…
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