Tag: University

  • Six Principles of University Teaching

    Friends of OSU, Last year I created a summary of the literature on cognition research, pedagogical research, professional portfolios, and intellectual coaching to create the Six Principles of University Teaching.   OSU Center for Teaching and Learning has been using this model of teaching excellence for a number of activities for faculty: creating teaching portfolios…

  • Constructing Support for University Teaching

    The lives of university faculty are busy; professors must be strategic about how they balance  valuable time between research, service, teaching and family. Regrettably, the current institutional reward structure for the continued improvement of teaching lags far behind those for research and service. And yet, the classroom is a university’s key point of contact with…

  • Emerging Tech in Higher Ed . . .

    The 2013 Higher Education Edition” href=”http://www.nmc.org/news/horizon-report-2013-higher-ed-edition-here” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Higher Education Edition was released this week in conjunction with the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s annual meeting in Denver.  This yearly report highlights emerging technologies that show potential to have a major impact on teaching and learning in higher ed over three different “adoption…