Reflecting on all the wonderful things participants at the resonant listening workshop discussed, I continue to reflect on what I take to be an unfulfilled promise of educational technology. When I was in graduate school, I worked for the EdLab, a group committed to thinking through how technology might transform education. One issue we talked […]
Today, I offered a brief presentation on resonant listening, where participants discussed Hartmut Rosa’s work on resonance and a worksheet from the University of Minnesota on listening and mentoring. When I think about resonance and its significance for mentoring, I think about the challenges of balancing efficient advising with creating spaces to uncover new interests […]
I am excited about St. Lawrence’s work with NetVue, and I am grateful that NetVue‘s blog Vocation Matters published my recent essay on AI and Resonance. In “Responding to AI with a Resonant Education,” I suggest residential liberal arts colleges are uniquely positioned to respond to the threat of AI because we are places where […]
As we come to the end of the spring semester, looking forward to summer, I invite you to consider what you might want to share about your teaching with our community and the wider community of teacher-scholars. K-12 teachers often engage in action research projects, where they implement new strategies into their classrooms and then […]
Here are the long-awaited episodes 3 and 4 of the advising podcast hosted by Jen, Elun, and Tina. Episode 3 focuses on “The Practical” – what advisors need to know to be good advisors. Episode 4, entitled “The Policies and Procedures”, covers the nuts and bolts information that advisors should know and where to find that information if […]
I am very excited to announce a multi-part series (the first two of which are available now), where Jen Thomas, Tina Tao, and Elun Gabriel discuss different aspects of academic advising. The first episode focuses on the philosophical question of what it means to be a good advisor. In the second episode, they share their strategies for connecting […]
The lead image comes from Donald Harward’s introduction to an excellent volume Well-Being and Higher Education. I’ve been thinking a great deal about Harward’s essay–and the entire volume–because I’ve been thinking a lot about what it would mean for a liberal arts college to really make good on the promise to educate the whole student […]
The start of the semester is about setting a tone of excitement that drives engagement. We need to remind our students–and ourselves!–that what we do together in the classroom matters. One way to do this is to center our instruction and learning goals on essential questions. What are essential questions? An essential question is a […]
In case you missed it, Molly Worthen’s opinion essay on oral exams in the New York Times offers a lot to consider. Worthen traces the history of these exams, listing the benefits and problems with this approach to student learning. Though time-consuming and anxiety-inducing, Worthen suggests that this type of exam more closely mirrors the […]
A small group of faculty gathered today in the CTL to discuss possible futures for high-impact practices at St. Lawrence. I found it to be one of the most refreshing and joyful conversations I’ve had in a very long time, and I am excited by many of the ideas that emerged through our conversation. I […]