Category: Pedagogy
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Online Resources for Teaching in context of COVID-19
Dear HASTAC community, We hope all of you are safe and are feeling supported during this uncertain time of COVID-19. With many institutions considering or implementing online course instruction, we at HASTAC wanted to provide some resources to help you and your students during this stressful transition. This reflection from HASTAC Co-Director Jacque Wernimont provides context […]
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Here’s How To Make a (free, safe) Group On HASTAC.org
Any HASTAC Member Can Create A Course Group on HASTAC Cathy Davidson If you are registered as a HASTAC member, you can begin to create a Group for your class right now. If you are not a member, you can fill out the registration form and we will work hard to approve your registration […]
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Feb. 28, 2020: Richard Marciano Launches the Advanced Information Collaboratory (AIC) after Directing the Digital Curation Innovation Center (DCIC) for 5 Years
Richard Marciano is pleased to announce the founding and launching of the AIC Collaboratory (“Advanced Information Collaboratory”) on Feb. 28, 2020! Computational Archival Science (CAS) Symposium at the Alan Turing Institute at the British Library on Jan. 20 & 21, 2020. After founding, starting up, and directing the DCIC (Digital Curation Innovation Center) for the last five years, Richard Marciano has […]
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A Trip to the Pool (Well Almost a Pool!)
As I mentioned in an earlier post about meeting our community partner (click here to catch up!), one of the most important components of Project Based Learning (PBL) is the community partner. Having an excited and dedicated community partner takes a project from just good to outstanding. Our community partner for the Museum project is […]
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Nietzsche’s Three Metamorphoses and an unexpected PBL Class: How I Got To Where I Am Now
As I’ve been writing these blog posts and thinking about my thesis, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about how I got here. I’m a senior, biochemistry major writing my thesis about education. How did this even happen? In the bio of my group “An Exploration into PBL by a Curious Undergraduate”, I […]
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Creating Digital Discovery Journals with Ms. Amber Benson
As the Executive-in-Residence at the Temerlin Advertising Institute at Southern Methodist University, Ms. Amber Benson teaches Digital Media Landscapes*, Digital Strategy III, Campaigns, Business Communication, New Business Development, Healthcare Advertising, and a Graduate course on Metrics of Success. In Ms. Benson’s course Digital Media Landscapes, students create a Digital Discovery Journal. In her words, Ms […]
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The How’s and Why’s of PBL: Part Three of My Visit to Southport Elementary
Post Tour Interview After our wonderful tour through the halls and classrooms of Southport Elementary, we stopped to chat and ask questions that had popped up. If you missed my first two post, click on this link: https://www.hastac.org/groups/exploration-pbl-curious-undergraduate to get to my blog home page! I compiled a list of questions that my classmate, Emma, and […]
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Paddles & Pedagogy: An Environmentally Grounded Learning Experience with Dean Carrie Nolan
Progressive Pedagogy is thrilled to share the unique work of Carrie Nolan, Dean of Strategic Initiatives at Coast Mountain College in British Columbia (North West Region). Dean Nolan takes her experience as a cross Canada paddler and uses it to inform experiential learning experiences. Dean Nolan teaches Paddles & Pedagogy, as well as courses in […]
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Making the Most of Student Participation using Surveys with Ms. Paula Patch
Ms. Paula Patch is a Senior Lecturer in English and Assistant Director for First-Year Initiatives at Elon University, where she previously coordinated the first-year writing program and has taught composition and grammar courses since 2006. She currently teaches First-year writing, first-year seminar, literature for non-majors. In all her classrooms, Ms. Patch makes use of surveys. […]
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The Power of a Simple Math Problem: Part Two of My Visit to Southport Elementary
The Tour In my previous post, I talked about my arrival at Southport Elementary in southern Indianapolis, and some of the conversation I had with the principal and vice principal. If you missed that post, follow this link: https://www.hastac.org/blogs/sarkel43/2020/01/16/immersing-myself-pbl-part-one-my-visit-southport-elementary to get all caught up. After we had the chance to ask those initial questions and learn a […]