Tag Archives: higher education

RE-spect

Posted on October 11, 2009 by William Chinda

Despite all the pontification about how learning online is “THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION,” this SNL sketch (as well as the comments section on any article regarding online education) certainly points to a continuing belief that anything short of a face-to-face … Continue reading →

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A cursory review

Posted on June 27, 2009 by William Chinda

So no blog posts for nearly 3 months… but no one really seems to read this, so I don’t think I’ve really let anybody down. This is an assignment I just finished for my Issues in Multicultural Education course, it’s … Continue reading →

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Classical conditioning

Posted on March 8, 2009 by William Chinda

When I heard a story on NPR last week about the use of “clickers” to engage students in college classrooms, my opinion of the technology swung wildly: when they teased the story, I thought it was idiotic. “Clickers?” Isn’t that … Continue reading →

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Podcasts will (save/replace) us all!

Posted on February 28, 2009 by William Chinda

This is a bit of a follow up to the paper I wrote last semester that I posted a few weeks ago. I’m going to go off on a bit of a rant (like I didn’t vent enough in the … Continue reading →

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Suspect all

Posted on December 30, 2008 by William Chinda

I heard an interesting story this morning on NPR regarding academic freedom in China. Professor Yang Shiqun of East China University of Political Science and Law was accused of discussing the Falun Gong sect in his class by some of … Continue reading →

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