International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - IJTLHE New Issue: 22(1)

Readers,


As all of you know, I LOVE reading journal articles for fun! Well, it IS fun to discover effective ways to use technology and to use new teaching methods in the classroom. Here is a list of articles from the recent issue of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Enjoy! 


Here's the link to the journal - http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/current.cfm


Balancing Theory and Practical Work in a Humanoid Robotics Course
» » Krister Wolff; Mattias Wahde;

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Co-Creating Metaphor in the Classroom for Deeper Learning: Graduate Student Reflections
» » Ashlee Cunsolo Willox; Sherilee Harper; Dawson Bridger; Stephanie Morton; Ariella Orbach; Silvia Sarapura;

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Developing an Undergraduate Global Citizenship Program: Challenges of Definition and Assessment
» » Jill Sperandio; Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall; Hannah Stewart-Gambino;

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Exploring Leadership as a Phenomenon in an Educational Leadership Paper: An Innovative Pedagogical Approach Opens the Unexpected
» » David Giles; Michele Morrison;

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How Prepared are the U.S. Preservice Teachers to Teach English Language Learners?
» » Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu; Trudie Hughes;

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Inquiry Based Method: A Case Study to Reduce Levels of Resistance
» » Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers;

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Introducing Students to Ways of Thinking and Acting Like a Researcher: A Case Study of Research-led Education in the Sciences
» » Krisztina Valter; Gerlese Akerlind;

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Linking Communalism to Achievement Correlates for Black and White Undergraduates
» » Kenneth Tyler; Keisha Love; Carrie Brown; Clarissa Roan-Belle; Denela Thomas; Patton Garriott;

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Master’s Degree “Educating in Diversity” (MDED): Toward Inclusion Education Quality
» » Olga M. Alegre; Luis M. Villar;

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Performance Assessment: Lessons from Performers
» » Kelly A. Parkes;

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Perspective-Taking in Structured and Unstructured Online Discussions
» » Scott Chadwick; Ekaterina Ralston;

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Update Your Calendars - 2011 Days of Service

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Readers,

Please do not forget to update your calendars to include the 2011 Days of Service! :)

These are the days of service for 2011 (courtesy of the One Star Foundation: The Texas Center for Social Impact):

January 2011 - National Mentoring Month
January 17, 2011 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 10-16, 2011 - National Volunteer Week
April 15-17, 2011 - National and Global Youth Service Day
May 7, 2011 - Join Hands Day
May 7-14, 2011 - AmeriCorps Week
September 11, 2011 - September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

October 23, 2011 - Make a Difference Day

Enjoy!

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Adopt This Technology! - An Online Egg Timer for In-Class Activities and Presentations!

Readers,

As a speech teacher, I always have a timer in my briefcase. Sometimes the timer becomes a distraction because it constantly beeps as I walk across campus. To solve this small problem and to help me reach my time management goals for 2011, I plan to use the Online Egg Timer. This awesome program enables users to have THREE timers running at one time! Amazing! My regular kitchen timer only has TWO timers.

Here are five ways to use this program:

1. Timing in-class group activities on the data projector.

2. Grading papers in 30 minute segments (first timer) and then allowing yourself to have a five minute break (second timer).

3. Timing student speeches and the time between the speeches.

4. Hosting in-class consultation sessions with students (about their papers or presentations) and limiting the consultation sessions to only five to seven minutes per paper.

5. Giving the students a one-minute mental break in class.

I hope these ideas help you! Let me know if you have any additional ideas and I will add them to the list!

Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Twitter and the TRUE Demographics - 8% of Online Americans Use Twitter (Pew Research Center)

Readers,

Recently, the Pew Internet and American Life Project (A Project of the Pew Research Center), released a report titled, "8% of Online Americans Use Twitter". More women than men use twitter and more 18-29 year olds use Twitter more than any subsequent age group, and most of live in urban environments. Here's the surprising part, most of the Twitter users are minorities (Black and Hispanic) and most of the users make less than $30,000 and between $50,000 and $74,999.

I wonder how many professors from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) AND Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) use Twitter in their classrooms.

Here's the link to the report - 8% of Online Americans Use Twitter.

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.