As SNC’s Director of Grant Development I often find myself in the position of teaching the teachers; that is, instructing our faculty (or staff) who are incredibly knowledgeable in their areas of expertise on my area of expertise: finding grant opportunities and developing and submitting …
Category: Pedagogy
Pedagogy Toolbox
I think STEM gets a bad reputation in terms of teaching and learning. Many envision a science lecture and immediately mental images are conjured of multiple choice scantrons, long lists of taxonomic groups, and probably a balding professor with white beard and tweed jacket droning …
Digital pedagogy outside the classroom
In my role, I teach students on a daily basis but not in a formal classroom setting. The work I do with leadership development, coaching, and advising students allows me to create informal learning experiences. This week of #digpins was more difficult for me to …
But I thought geography was just about maps?!
I get this comment all the time. The truth is, we use geography in our daily lives all of the time! Geography involves thinking spatially about a phenomenon. For example, we could talk about the spatial arrangement of our activity space: how we move to …
Hey! I want one of those: The Library’s role in OER
When participating in DigPins was originally pitched to me, I had some hesitations. See, I’m one of those librarians that has carefully guided their career to avoid the inside of a classroom—we exist mostly on the collection/tech side of libraries. Despite avoiding the classroom, I …
Reflections on Synchronicity and Week 3 DigPINS Sync Activities
We think of synchronicity as meeting or occurring at the same moment in time but what do we mean by “moment in time”? In its purest sense I think that many consider synchronous or simultaneous to mean something occurring in this one moment. But what …
Interdisciplinary Digital Pedagogies
Karen Cangialosi’s article, “But You Can’t Do That in a STEM Course,” is a fascinating piece! I especially appreciate how she analyzes the different ways instructors in the sciences are continuously engaging with active learning strategies from Open Pedagogy. I recognize several teaching strategies and …
Zone of proximal development
Sharing a Strategy During my doctoral studies we learned about Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (ZPD). In short, Vygotsky studied what learners could do with and without help. The ZPD involves students in varying skill sets working together to solve problems and learn what they may …
