Today’s post comes from Olivia Zisman, class of 2016 and Art Center Student Docent.
Laylah Ali’s print, Untitled, in the Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper exhibition, brings three-dimensional motion to a two-dimensional space.
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Earth Day Photo Contest!
Calling all photographers! Earth Day is right around the corner and you will be hearing more from us about that soon, but in the mean time send our your photos of campus by April 12th to our laundry company, MacGray, for the chance to win up to $500 and social media fame and glory!
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Sometimes there’s nothing better than chalk and a chalkboard
Blended classrooms, MOOCs, multi-media infotainment- are the new ways really better?
Should lectures really go the way of the dodo?
image from Wikipedia!
Not so fast……
Yes, it is true that small group activities, discussion sessions and other student-centered teaching techniques are quite effective at enhancing learning and retention of material, even complex biological and neuroscience concepts. I certainly use a variety of non-lecture techniques in my courses and I think I’m a better teacher as a result. By “better” I mean that my students seem to master the course material and my course objectives and they also seem quite satisfied.
Dr. Shiva Talks
Four ideas for jump-starting group discussion
The other day I was racking my brain trying to come up with a fresh idea for small group discussion of a primary research article. I’ve tried several different approaches:
1. Jigsaw discussions: This is where you break the class into groups (let’s say four groups of four or five groups of five) and have each group discuss one aspect of the readings or topic for the day.