Student-Centered Learning
COVA + CSLE
CSLE+COVA **CSLE + COVA is a learning approach, not a method or model to be applied. Why: We believe that we must inspire and prepare our learners to lead organizational change using technology innovations as a catalyst for enhancing learning….
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Professional Learning, Constructivism, Research, Social Constructivism, ePortfolios, Growth Mindset, Pedagogy, Feedback/Feedforward, Failing Forward, Self-Directed Learning, COVA, CSLE, Student-Centered Learning
Focus on the behavior now and the outcome will follow.
Grenny, Patterson, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler (2013) advocate to focus on changing goals, behaviors, or processes; do not focus on the results. You might be asking yourself….what does this mean? Well, let me share an example. When I was in high…
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3 Rules to Spark Learning
“Curiosity comes first, not the other way around.” Cultivate curiosity Questions and curiosity are like magnets that draw us to our teachers. If we place technologies before inquiry, we could be robbing ourselves of our greatest tools as teachers- our…
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Cultivating Creativity
Do schools kill creativity? Find out what internationally renowned speaker, Sir Ken Robinson has to say about nurturing creativity rather than undermining it. Do you think there is a need to radically redefine the term education that embraces multiple intelligences?
Student-Centered Learning, Professional Learning, Thib Talks, Pedagogy
Do Bullets Kill PD?
Do Bullets Kill Professional Learning? What is it about the “sit and get” professional development model that we just don’t dare to deviate from? Could it be that we are comfortable doing the same thing over and over again assuming that our…
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Pedagogy, Collaboration, Feedback/Feedforward, Student-Centered Learning, Professional Learning, Research
Research
Robotic Cardinals_22 HNRS Orientation_2022 Research & Scholarship Grants 2018 Awarded, Principal Investigator Day in the Life of a STEM Environment, Internal Grant – College of Education and Human Development, Mason Gift, $12,000 Grant produced 9 videos on STEM Learning Environments…
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Pedagogy, Student-Centered Learning, Professional Learning, Research, ePortfolios
Concepts of EdTech
Growth Mindset What is a growth mindset and how do we get there? Who do we want to become and who do want our learners to become? This is the central question. Here are some thoughts around learning experiences that show…
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Student-Centered Learning, Professional Learning, Thib Talks, Growth Mindset