by Anne StoneAssociate Professor of Communication, Rollins College I recently attended the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons Conference
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Reading Quizzes for Learning
Instead of having a classroom full of students were obsessed with textual minutiae (minor characters’ names; dates; the color of Beowulf’s tunic etc.) and thus, kept missing the forest for the trees, I now have groups of students who know how to read a different kind of carefully.
It’s About Time
“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” –T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” “…if
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Teaching in Times of Polarization
We are in a heightened moment of he said/she said, us/them, pro/con, recognize/erase, confirm/reject, right/wrong, and other emotionally charged dualisms,
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Community Engaged Learning: The Signature Pedagogy of Rollins College
In my short time here, I’ve learned something important about the campus: community engaged learning is the signature pedagogy of
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Teaching in Difficult Times
As we prepare for a new academic year, two things are certain: 1. there will be times of difficulty for
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