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…
Show don’t tell
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…
this week in andragogy: 3:15/17
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…
this week in climate chanage: 3/16/17
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…
Evaluating Sources and Confirmation Bias
It’s easy to believe a source credible when what is says conforms to your beliefs, but confirmation bias is dangerous. I’ve been taught that we all have bias, and the truth can only be shared/found if we transparently admit our…
Technology,Information rights and Agriculture
I believe when you buy a vehicle and assume responsibility for it, you should be able to fix it, or choose who fixes it. Unfortunately, in the case of iPhones and agricultural technology (seed and tractors – looking at you…
Evaluating sources – real vs fake (good vs crap/ craap)
Special thanks to Jessica Tipton from the JCCC Library who compiled support matrial below and shared it with me when I told her of my desire to do a better job teaching students how to evaluate sources. ProQuest Research Companion…
Education – America’s key to democratic sustainability
The Founding Fathers believed that an informed voting electorate was crucial to sustaining democracy. As such they created public education to ensure that all social classes were mixed initially – and that this way a true meritocracy could develop –…
What I’m learning about Online Classes: FA16
They won’t log in with JCCC student G-mail identity, but be using there personal gmail on devices, therefore using the “walled garden” JCCC-only access privacy setting is problematic. Border between classroom and public is blurred or misunderstood. Need fewer, but…
Sources Matter
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