Category: Learning and teaching
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There are plenty of articles and commentary about the decline in critical thinking in “new generations.” In reality, “older generations” exhibit lack of critical thinking as well. We have seen glaring examples of the danger of insufficient critical thinking in people of all ages, and it’s especially important when people with decision making capacity don’t…
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Had a convo with Copilot trying to see what all I could have been doing with GenAI, maybe there was this amazing use I had not heard about. Here are my thoughts…
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Today, I was able to read my published book for the first time, as an ebook. The hardback and papercopy versions will be available on August 20, but the ebook can be read right now. (You can order an ebook on Routledge and use the 20% discount code 26AFLY2). This page has more information about the book…
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Institutions of higher education have the goal of helping people learn: acquire knowledge and skills. Academic accommodations are different resources, tools or modifications that allow them to access that knowledge and skills. Universities have processes in place to provide students access to such accommodations. The processes may be more or less convoluted and even in…
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A Cornell alumni, at the time President of the Disability Awareness Union, mentioned once “Real inclusion is not to be accepted. Real inclusion is to be expected.” Often, thinking about my teaching, I ask myself–is this accepting, or expecting? An example of the difference would be: I’m hosting a dinner party and when my friends…
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Estimating how long it takes us to complete a task is difficult. Estimating how long it takes someone else is much more so. When teaching and training, we need to keep this in mind when setting times for essays, exams, and other academic tasks.
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The time we need to carry out an activity depends on not just our capacity but our familiarity with the task, the material we have at hand and much more. When we add time stress for exam takers, we’re not really measuring their knowledge. We’re measuring the level of stress given by a timed activity,…
Florencia Ardon 