I Just Know…

17 April 2017

A recent Science Post satirical article titled, “I just know” replaces systematic reviews at the top of the evidence pyramid, is a pretty funny read with a darker side. While…

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New [un]workshop: Extending learning outside class time (and knowing that learning happens)

17 April 2017

About the [un]workshop: Assigning work for students to do outside of class so they come prepared to engage inside class can be a great pedagogical move. If all students don’t…

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New [un]workshop: Making the case that learning is happening (for everyone) in your classroom

10 April 2017

What the [un]workshop is about: High Impact Practices suggest that much learning occurs outside the formal classroom. This likely isn’t the case for your classroom but how can you know?…

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Demystifying communications for student workers

10 April 2017

My colleagues Sarah Calhoun, Austin Mason, and I are collaborating on creating 4 new undergraduate internship positions related to front end/back-end development for digital humanities and digital scholarship projects, accessibility…

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New [un]workshop: Promoting Critical Thinking with Design-Rich Assignments

3 April 2017

What the unWorkshop is about: Communicating arguments effectively through a visual medium has its own particular set of opportunities, challenges, and logics–and students often lack exposure and practice in these…

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Paula Lackie presents at EDUCAUSE: Connect Portland!

13 March 2017

Paula will be leading a breakout session titled “Responding to Data Wrangling Challenges with a Student ‘DataSquad’” at EDUCAUSE: Connect Portland on March 13, 2017. Session description: The need for…

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Instructional Video: Keep it . .. Moving

13 March 2017

Consider this: the length of time between edits in video/film has decreased dramatically in the last 100 years. In the 1930’s, the average shot lasted 10-12 seconds. In 1990 it…

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Tracking Student Progress to Assist Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning

6 March 2017

Many faculty are interested in both tracking student progress and also helping students learn to track their work themselves. Most learning management systems (LMS) have a feature that allows students and…

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proposal accepted for dh2017!

27 February 2017

I’m thrilled to say that Andrew Wilson, Sarah Calhoun, and I had our poster proposal accepted for dh2017 in Montreal! We’re experimenting with augmented reality for representing complex temporalities in…

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