#Learning

I was terrified to look at my course evaluations this semester after teaching my first semester of fully online courses. I was not prepared for the outpouring of kind responses.
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For me, this is the paragraph that exemplifies the (this) total failure of senior university management. Has any VC, at any stage, sought to make a pedagogical case for online
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A thread in response to something in the keynote Q&A @audreywatters gave today at #digped. She pointed out that behaviorists might draw the line in training rat->baby->student. As if it's
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Very excited to see our work on deep learning germline variant characterization out today in @JAMA_currentHere is a quick thread on the major findings and takeaways from this study. #CancerResearch
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Thread. My language learning continues. If you've heard me talk about it before you'll know I've been trying to learn Anishinaabemowin (language of the people whose land I live on
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When life feels gloomy, learning keeps me sane. Whether it be a line in a book, a conversation with a friend, or a note to myself. Learning keeps me grounded
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Even though I've been teaching virtually for 10 months now, this week allowed me the opportunity to reflect on some of the benefits of virtual learning, and how they will
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Just a quick note to parents everywhere struggling with older kids’ academic progress this year: don’t. It’s going to be ok. Your kids are resilient. They will be fine. I
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Dear diary! I'm happy and excited today, yesterday I managed to do what I've been wanting to do for a long time, i.e. to build a curated collection of #gameb
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Once again, I shook up my Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging class, this time due to the #covid19 pandemic.Thread. 1/ First, while my class is, on the surface, about
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Digital technologies are political machines of higher education post-pandemic reform. New report by me and @ahogie out this week on edtech, privatization and Covid. It's a bit long, so thought
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1/ What are microschools?Microschools, also known as pandemic pods due to their rise in popularity as a result of COVID-19, are small groups of families or friends, usually no more
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Thread:The Punishment of Rewards.As many of you know, Barrowford Primary School is reward and sanction free.There are many and varied reasons for this.1/ There is usually a lot of interest
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I sometimes think that a lot of people see the change from victim to survivor as some kind of point of overcoming of the trauma, that point where what happened
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Next Tuesday my institution is offering a "lunch and learn” (light on the lunch) on Assessing Students in the Fall with Integrity and Compassion. I’m excited they’re letting me do
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1/ A quick thread of why traditional "summer school" may be a big mistake for exhausted, traumatized kids, and why we need to be thinking bigger about more emotionally and
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