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John Warner
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If students only get one-bite at your subject, I think it's best to design the course around inducing them to want to come back for more on their own time and initiative. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…
I've heard profs say things like, "this may be the only time they have to read Shakespeare," which is admitting defeat beforehand and making one's goals too narrow. Bigger Q. is how to get students so they want to read more after class is over. (Shakespeare or otherwise)
I've been guilty of underestimating student curiosity and seeing content as necessary medicine, rather than focusing on the course as an introduction and invitation to the field in the hopes they'll want to drink deeper in the future.
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The key to those brilliant @IChotiner interviews is not just his incisive mind, but his focus on and familiarity with primary source texts generated by the subject. He doesn't give ?'s that allow subjects to repeat themselves. Instead it's "you said this, what does that mean?"
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At around 18 minutes on this podcast with @holden, @derekbruff makes an excellent point about the disconnect between how students are asked to write in academic modes (start with a thesis and prove it) v. how academics really work. soundcloud.com/leadinglines/e…
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How many instructors are still teaching students to evaluate sources using the CRAAP test? In this podcast, @holden thoroughly explains why old tools are not suited for today's online landscape and why we need new heuristics. soundcloud.com/leadinglines/e…
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