Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education | Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education | Taylor Institute for Teaching and LearningUniversal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that guides the design of courses and learning environments to appeal to the largest number of learners. It emphasizes...
“Courses that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation from multiple points of view, are…
"Courses that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation from multiple points of view, are negatively correlated with course evaluations, despite the tremendous importance of those skills. ""African-American and Latino faculty routinely have...
The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking
The Benefits of No-Tech Note TakingA year after banning students from taking notes on laptops, a professor reports on the results.This was posted on Google+
Paper vs. Screen
Wired provides a great round-up of some research comparing screen to paper. Perhaps most surprising – it may be less about the distractions we are exposed to on screen, and more about how a medium lets us know where we are in that text, and how that text is...
For better learning – take notes by hand, not electronically
A study published in Psychological Science suggests that even when computers are really being used to take notes in the classroom (and not to check Facebook or shop!), students still learn better when they take notes by hand. Why? Researchers suggest that it may be...Book
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.