public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags academic & Pedagogy

December 2006

November 2006

Links to cultural studies syllabi

from the Cultural Studies L site, a listerv and a source of other resources as well

activelearning strategies

a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography

Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University

Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.

GEO 101 World Human Geography

very evocative discussion guides for students doing exercises in and thinking about a wide variety of physical and cultural spaces; writers can gets lots of ideas from this course and its notes

American Studies Electronic Crossroads

large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research

Connectivism Blog

by 1 other
a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture

Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison

an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used

Knowing Knowledge

useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era

Teaching resources links

a wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations

October 2006

Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page

much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures

Blogs for Learning

"provide information and resources surrounding the technical, legal, and pedagogical aspects of blogging in the classroom"

barclaybarrios.com: course archive

"Archived course Web sites presented "as is," including student work good and bad, sections left un-updated, and typos." Attractive and useful pedagogical use of Internet in teaching.

Department of Anthropology

The University of Alabama's Anthropology Department has links to course materials, lectures, resources developed by students, and outside links. A model for Internet academic resources institutionally.

Teaching Writing in the Space of Blackboard

Since many teachers use Blackboard, this is useful to them in analyzing how students negotiate aspects of that site and its technologies.

September 2006

WorkBook

See Sept 1, 06, for teaching carnival for college teachers

Teaching Carnival

blog entries around a specific set of questions about teaching in higher education; collected and commented on at regular intervals by a "host" blogger

August 2006

eLearn: Feature Article

by 1 other
good overview of shifts in edtech to new kinds of networked learning

July 2006

Space Time Travel - Relativity Visualized

Online papers, images, movies and paper models of the theory of relativity

Center for History and New Media - Syllabi

by 1 other
searches 704,039 syllabi at the Center for History and New Media and over 500,000 syllabi via Google

June 2006