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Overview of a study where developmental psychologist William Perry suggests that your perspective on learning will change and mature as your college experience unfolds. Gives expected levels of development.

The Serve Program combines academic study of theology w/year-long community service project combating poverty. Analysis of the program during 2008–09 revealed that students demonstrated a significant increase in interest in theology; a greater desire to enroll in theology coursework; and a deeper interest in theology than non-participating classmates.

Article that walks you through your own understandings of diversity, how to creat an inclusive classroom including assignments.

Great for student group-work projects. Share docs, have virtual meetings, share calendar, send emails, and create websites all through this one site.

An instructor reports, from the benefit of hindsight, on the mistakes he made when assigning students a multimedia project (podcasting, in this case). Commenters offer their own insights on pedagogically sound multimedia assignments.

In this series (click through to parts one and two), Williams provides annotated links to resources for building Web and other digital resources that are appropriately accessible to learners with physical or cognitive disabilities.

Click Here for Book Review Abstract: To improve our teaching methods, we must understand what our current teaching methods are. And this is impossible to do this based only on our own perceptions or even feedback from observers. A classroom is a dynamic environment and there is always a lot going on that can be missed in the moment. The solution, according to renowned professional development expert Jim Knight, is video. In Focus on Teaching, Knight turns to the vast and disruptive potential of video recording to reach new levels of excellence in schools. This book builds on Knight’s prior bestsellers to show how every classroom can easily benefit from setting up a camera and hitting “record”.  The book includes • Strategies that teachers, instructional coaches, teams, and administrators can use to get the most out of using video • Tips for ensuring that video recordings are used in accordance with ethical standards and teacher/student comfort levels • Protocols, data gathering forms, and many other tools to get the most out of watching video With Jim Knight’s expertise and the latest in video technology, positive change in your classroom will be immediate and long-lasting.

For this piece, at least half of the action is in the comments section. The author, a long advocate of online student collaborative writing, finds himself "sick of student blogging." He carefully describes the several kinds of student blogging he has assigned in the past, and turns the question over to his commenters: What might he do to "reignite [his] sense of discovery and excitement about student blogging"?

A site to build interactive video teaching lessons. Ideal for online teaching. Build and share interactive video lessons. Time-link student activities as lecture progresses.

"Best and Worst Practices in Mentoring 'Minority' Faculty" Diversity Workshop Presentation Slides