FW: [POD] Two kinds of... anyone want to play?

-----Original Message-----
From: Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher
Education [mailto:POD@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Ehrmann
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:43 AM
To: POD@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [POD] Two kinds of... anyone want to play?

Thanks Sally! I'll add my two cents.

Carol Schneider, back when she was at the University of Chicago, around
1980, did a study of 4-5 BA programs designed specifically for returning
adults. Her collaborators were George Klemp and Susan Kastendiek.

Drawing on my vague recall of their findings, I could say that there are
two kinds of faculty: those who believe that virtually ALL students in
the class are capable of learning (if only the faculty member can figure
out how to trigger their engagement) and those who believe that 'it's my
job to put it out there but it's the students' job to get it.
Significant failure rates are normal, and not my fault.'

The study began with two populations of faculty who taught in those BA
programs: some were widely judged by their colleagues, by
administrators, and by students, to be superlative teachers. Members of
the second group got almost no votes as "superlative." The preceding
paragraph describes one way in which the investigators discovered that
those two groups differed in their approaches to teaching.

steve

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Steve Ehrmann (ehrmann@tltgroup.org)
The TLT Group
301-270-8311
Blog: http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/2steves/

-----Original Message-----
From: Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher
Education [mailto:POD@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:41 PM
To: POD@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [POD] Two kinds of... anyone want to play?

It's been a long productive week and my brain is tired. I find myself
dealing in dichotomies...So far this week I've been told there are two
kinds of teachers:

-analytic and synthetic (??a philosophy thing apparently) -'little a'
activity teachers and 'big A' activity teachers (whether they measure
the effect of the activity on learning) -lecturers and engagers -"my
discipline's teaching" and all others -appropriate for online teaching
and not appropriate for online teaching

So I'm wondering, can you complete one of these sentences:
There are two kinds of teachers.....
or There are two kinds of learners...
or....make one up in the spirit of the game. Maybe pick one of Steve
Ehrman's Confusers terms
(http://www.tltgroup.org/discussions/Confusors.htm) and have a go at
explicating it as a dichotomy (?There are two kinds of lectures, one
that engages the faculty delivering it and one that engages the
students. By the way, Steve, I'd like to submit "engagement" as a
confuser. )

Of course they're false...but the fun is to get try and maybe reveal
something....To inspire you I provide some 'two kinds of people quotes'.

"My theory is that when it comes to important subjects, there's
only two ways a person can answer. For example, there's two kinds of
people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now Beatles
people can like Elvis. And Elvis people can like the Beatles. But nobody
likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that
choice tells me who you are." Deleted scene from Pulp Fiction, said by
Mia Wallace character''

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and
so on Robert Byrne

In truth, there are only two kinds of people; those who accept
dogma and know it, and those who accept dogma and don't know it. - G.K.
Chesterton

There are two kinds of people: those who think there are two kinds
of people, and those who think it's not that simple.

There are three kinds of people in the world, those who can count
and those who can't

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who know binary,
and those who don't.

And two kinds of websites (of course) on 2 kinds of people sayings:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/neptunia/relating/twotype1.htm
http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/ArchivesCentral/QuoteArchives/TwoKindsOfP
eople.html

--
Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt, Ph.D. Director, Faculty Center for Excellence in
Teaching (FaCET) Professor, Department of Psychology
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11095
Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1095
FaCET: 270/745-6508, FAX: 270/745-6145
For my e-mail address visit:
http://www.wku.edu/~sally.kuhlenschmidt/contact.htm

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[ED-TECH] Don't miss these Lunch and Learn opportunities

We have Faculty Lunch and Learn sessions scheduled for both Monday and Tuesday, 2/13 and 2/14. There are still seats available. If either of these interest you, sign up now. Complete details are at the provided links.

Tuesday, 2/14: Hear Joy Beverly, 2005 Excellence in Teaching award winner, talk about how she increases academic and social integration in the classroom by highlighting individuality. This is a great opportunity to talk with a fellow teacher talk about her teaching. http://www.snurl.com/individuality

Monday, 2/13: See the XanEdu solution for distributing packets of articles, either printed or electronically, to students. http://www.snurl.com/xanedu

You can always find upcoming sessions, as well as materials from past sessions, by going to www.miami.edu/iac and clicking on the "Lunch and Learn Series" menu item.

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)

[ED-TECH] Learn about XanEdu coursepacks and copyright clearance

Ed-Tech Mailing List,

On Monday, 2/13, there will be a faculty lunch and learn session on the XanEdu coursepack system. Come see the process that faculty can use to provide student access to copyrighted materials. See the costs and benefits of this system versus trying to link to material within our library databases, using eReserves, or posting scanned in copies of documents. This is an opportunity to evaluate your risk as a professor as you distribute various materials to your students. I encourage you to attend.

Lunch will be served. Registration is limited and required. Go to www.snurl.com/xanedu to register.

XanEdu - Electronic and Printed Coursepacks

Rodney Sims
Coursepack Sales Specialist
www.xanedu.com

How do we make sure that students have access to the materials that they need, especially if the materials are copyrighted articles from magazines or journals? One of the solutions available today is the XanEdu coursepack. The professor goes on-line and specifies what needs to be in the coursepack. XanEdu calculates the charges, including copyright fees. The professor determines whether to use electronic or printed deliver. Printed copies can be sold out of the bookstore. Electronic copies can be purchased on-line by the students. Come to this Lunch and Learn to see how this process works and what problems it solves.

Monday, February 13, 2006
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM
Whitten University Center
Room 226-A (Flamingo Ballroom)

Any materials will be posted on the "Lunch and Learn Series" page of the IAC web site, www.miami.edu/iac, for those who cannot attend.

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)

Confusors - Technical educational terms that are used in different ways

http://www.tltgroup.org/discussions/Confusors.htm

If agreement on the meanings of terms is not reached, arguments may follow. For example:

Course

1. Teacher, students, materials and what happens among them. Each term, each "course' is unique because (at the very least) the students change. This definition is held inconsistently -- many people would agree with it, yet almost no "course evaluations" include assessments of the contributions of the students.

2. The materials used for instruction. This definition is implied by the question, "Who owns the course?" which is a question about control of intellectual property, not about slavery.

3. Teacher and the materials the teacher uses (but not the students) - implied when someone says, "I'm teaching the same course again this year."

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)

[ED-TECH] Joy Beverly - Excellence in Teaching presentation - Tuesday, 2/14

Ed-Tech mailing list members,

Please note and share with your colleagues that Joy Beverly, one of last year's Excellence in Teaching award winners, will be presenting her teaching practice on Tuesday, February 14th, at 12:30 PM in Whitten University Center. Joy has looked at some of our students' social needs that impact our ability to meet their academic needs. More details can be found at the www.snurl.com/excellence page, which has links to the practices of all the 2005 Excellence in Teaching award recipients. If you are available, I encourage you to sign up for this session.

Lunch will be served and seating is limited. Registration is required. You can sign up for the session by going to the www.snurl.com/individuality address.

Pursuing Academic and Social Integration through Highlighting Individuality

2005 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner
Joy Beverly
College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics

How can we encourage our students to have quality interaction, both academically and socially, in ways that help them to grow as scholars and individuals? This workshop will present inexpensive and practical ways to increase academic and social integration within the classroom through highlighting individuality. The two major components of this practice, name-calling and interviewing, will be outlined, as well as techniques for learning students' names. Some of the supporting research for this practice will be presented, as well as exploration of the possible benefits to both instructors and students, including better class interaction and discipline, more group study and better instructor evaluations.

Tuesday, February 14, 2005
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Whitten University Center
Room 226 A/B, (Flamingo Ballroom)

As with our other sessions, a recording and any handouts will be made available on the "Lunch and Learn Series" page on the IAC web site, www.miami.edu/iac, for those who cannot attend. You can also register from this page.

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)