- Nov 2017
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cft.vanderbilt.edu cft.vanderbilt.edu
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What to Expect (when reading philosophy) The Ultimate Goal (of reading philosophy)
I've had a few professors put this in their syllabi and it's helpful so I know what approach I should take when doing the readings or assignments.
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“exam wrappers,” which include students reflecting on their previous exam-preparation strategies, assessing those strategies and then looking ahead to the next exam, and writing an action plan for a revised approach to studying.
yes yes yes... this works for everything too. like projects, what did you do to make it work well, did it not go well so what are you going to do?
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to reflect the specific learning contexts of a specific topic, course, or discipline
Oh my, this is so important-- the contexts for different courses and disciplines can vary so much and one thing might not work for another... you have to respectively know the course and how to learn it.
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“I wrote my own study questions,”
This is the equivalent to discussion questions
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we make students aware of themselves as learners.
Oh my gosh~ this is so important because there are so many times where students just get by in the class but don't get anything out of it and that is a waste of the professors' time and the students' time and that just reflects poorly on both parties.
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Reflective Journals
Personally, I only do these when it is required by the professor but I think it is a good way for the professor to get students to think about their work and make them aware of how to go about the class in a more meaningful way.
They can make a declarative statement and be like oh, just reading over the notes isn't working too well, maybe I should work with another student or something like that... they are aware of the issue or what is going well and go from there.
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Preassessments
From experience, when professors gave preassessments, there were two benefits from it.
The student knows their starting point for the material, and now has a standard for how the professor wants them to obtain the knowledge.
The professor has a baseline for where the students are at so the teaching plan is adapted to fit the needs and it is not terribly basic but not super advanced. He/She also knows how to go about the class.
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They found that “people tend to be blissfully unaware of their incompetence,” lacking “insight about deficiencies in their intellectual and social skills.”
It's not a bad thing to have weaknesses. It is important to be aware, learn from that, and develop it instead of pretending like you have no weaknesses at all.
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Metacognitive practices help students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses as learners, writers, readers, test-takers, group members, etc.
Super important practice!
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- Feb 2017
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dhpoco.org dhpoco.org
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supports and advocates for efforts to add entries and posts to Wikipedia that focus on postcolonial studies as well as ethnic/minority and marginalized peoples
I think this allows for more discussion or available resources for topics that aren't "popular" or mainstream.
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- Jan 2017
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www.edsurge.com www.edsurge.com
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represents the author to that audience.
you can't really GRADE ideas and thoughts of the author
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’ How often do traditional ‘assignments’ misrepresent student interests, passion, and rigor?
False idea of control- what we put out isn't entirely what we control (maybe it is something we usually wouldn't post if not asked to, maybe it is entirely out of our interests but we have to speak on it), it's controlled by the teacher despite the fact it may be our "own ideas" or whatnot
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I can focus my time and energy on the work I care about most.
"less is more" ; quality vs. quantity ; value
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When it happens, you will want content you created to appear early and often in the search results.
- you should be in control of "your brand"
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Digital minimalism is a philosophy that helps you question what digital communication tools (and behaviors surrounding these tools) add the most value to your life. It is motivated by the belief that intentionally and aggressively clearing away low-value digital noise, and optimizing your use of the tools that really matter, can significantly improve your life.
- value vs. unnecessary "things"
- value is key
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