I’ve just posted a reflection to HASTAC that may be of some interest to readers of this site. Here’s a snippet: Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. This is […]
Archive | March, 2015
Proposal Submissions Now Open: 2015 National Conference
By Lisa Tagliaferri on March 4, 2015 in artists, baltimore, call for papers, call for proposals, cfp, design, imagining america, Of Interest, scholars, scholarship
America Will Be! The Art and Power of “Weaving Our We” Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life 2015 National Conference September 30 – October 3, 2015 Hosted by […]
Formative Assessment in the Undergraduate Classroom: Three Activities to Try Today
This post serves as a follow-up to a student-led unit on assessment run on February 17 and 24 as part of the Futures Initiative “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education” course held at […]
OpenStreetMap Conference
By Lisa Tagliaferri on March 3, 2015 in call for papers, call for proposals, mapsmarker, nycitymap, Of Interest, openstreetmap, opportunity, state of the map
NYC State of the Map US 2015, the annual conference for all OpenStreetMap users, is taking place right in our backyard, at the United Nations June 6-8. It would be […]
Rereading Like a Writer
It’s a fascinating experience and deep for an author to go back and re-read what she wrote five years ago. I never do this. I had no choice this time. […]
Preparation and Self-Assessment
As we worked on our assessment units in class, I began to think about how assessment follows us from birth to death. For many of us, the first words we’ll hear […]
Reflections on Improvisational Teaching, Formative Assessment, and Student Engagement
My students and I are embarking on an exciting adventure. We are making room in our already crowded semester for a project that I thought would only be a thirty […]
A Course You’ve Never Heard Of (Or, Why Higher Ed Should Be Free)
Adapted from a post entitled “A Course You’ve Never Heard Of” on the HASTAC forum, “Best Teaching Moments.” I value interdisciplinary classes like “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” […]
