One of the central themes that I’ve repeatedly come back to in this blog is the question of how we as instructors can design courses that offer students the flexibility to explore and forge their own pathways to success while also creating a system in which we can...
Across higher education, there has been a lot of talk about how the pandemic has changed things, especially in regard to technology and course design. It is certainly true that the conversation around online courses has taken on a whole new flavor. Having been...
As instructors, one of our main goals is to help students develop their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. In previous Dennin Insights posts, I’ve discussed our responsibility to produce self-motivated, independent lifelong learners. Unfortunately, when it...
Since it is still January, I feel it is okay to do a post that reflects on New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions make me think about the question of internal versus external motivation because they are an interesting combination of both. It is external in the...
Tools and creativity. These seem to be two consistent definitions of what it means to be “human.” Considering pre-historic records, we have the amazing creative work of cave paintings that exist alongside the incredible stone, wood, and bone tools made to create works...
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