Posted in Teaching on Jan 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
It is circular, this process in which we engage, semester after semester, and there’s something exciting about it: a new beginning every 15 weeks. By December, we are tired, students and faculty alike. After a few short weeks’ break, we are starting afresh, a new semester: new tasks, new books, new challenges. Welcome back, Adult [...]
Posted in Teaching on Dec 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
It hardly seems possible that we’ve reached the end of the semester, but papers are graded and the academic term has come to an end. As a final assignment, I asked our master’s degree students to take stock of the distance they’ve traveled in Edublogs this semester by reviewing the posts they’ve written. Now’s the time for a [...]
Posted in Teaching on Nov 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education annual conference in Denver, Colorado. Our keynote speaker was Dr. Rosemary Caffarella who gave an inspiring talk entitled, “The Gift of Healing.”
Dr. Caffarella is special to us here at VCU, not only because we use her text, Planning Programs for [...]
Posted in Teaching on Nov 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
As the learners in my classes know, we have recently conducted a low-tech anonymous survey (index cards, no less) on whether or not I should comment on their blogs. This question arose for me in response to the recent webinar I participated in on e-flective practice and Paul Lowe’s comment that he and his colleagues [...]
Posted in Teaching on Oct 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
Bloggers in the Adult Learning Program, you are to be admired! We’re only halfway through Fall semester in using blogs for reflective practice and my eyes have been opened to what you are learning in ways that I never imagined before — thank you for making your thinking visible … or as Buddy so aptly [...]
