Becoming Trauma-Informed

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Other

What a journey! After 16 weeks of reading and research, I have learned so much about Trauma-Informed educational models and Social Emotional Learning this semester! And yet if I were to estimate how much I have read compared to the amount of information out there—it...

Wrong Do It Again!

by | Sep 26, 2018 | Other

So proud of my collaboration with amazingly smart Team One in the MIST Program @CSUMB. We had less than a week to read multiple theoretical research articles and formulate an opinion on Behaviorism theory in Education. We hammered out this collaboratively written...

Full Stack Apprenticeship Programs

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Other

So long ago, Bloom’s (1984) MIT research demonstrated the efficacy of tutoring + mastery instructional design. At the time, the only way to connect students with tutors was in face-to-face sessions—possible at some small schools—but too expensive for large...

Assessment Blues

by | Feb 25, 2018 | Other

I am a member of the higher education assessment police force. Only I don’t have a badge, uniform or authority. My official title is Assessment Facilitator. But my unofficial title is pain in the ass. We are a small but mighty force of faculty who care about...

Inside Out

by | Jun 27, 2017 | Other

Flipped instruction is essentially inside out teaching, reversed instruction. Homework takes place inside class time, and lectures go outside. Guiding principals: cognitive learning science. One of the advantages of this model is that problem-solving during class time...

Adaptive Learning Study

by | Jun 7, 2017 | Other

Just read an interesting study on Adaptive Learning conducted by SRI Education in higher education. (Yes, I admit it, I am actively avoiding the depressing Twitter-infested news cycle) I conducted an informal analysis of students outcomes using adaptive learning...