Meet Mr. Messy, from a book of the same title: Mr. Messy is a friend of my kid Mac, who for some reason is intrigued by Mr. Messy. We haven’t even read the book (so in fact I don’t know what it’s about), but we have seen his picture and sometimes it looks to Mac [...]
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Mr. Messy Meets Higher Education
Posted in Change, Dean Stuff, Higher Education, Learning, Reflection, Toddlers, tagged Change, deanstuff, highereducation, Learning, reflection, Toddlers on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Bottom Line
Posted in Assessment, Assessment Leadership Academy, Books, Higher Education, Learning, Reflection, Teaching, tagged Assessment, highereducation, integration, knowledge, Learning, reflection, Teaching on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m happily working my way through the reading assignments for the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy that I am participating in (and finding all sorts of goodies to share with my colleagues), and this paragraph from Mary J. Allen’s book Assessing Academic Programs in Higher Education (2004) reminded me why I care so much about assessment [...]
Think Again
Posted in Critical Thinking, Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, reading, Reflection, Writing, tagged criticalthinking, dialogue, education, Learning, liberalarts, reading, reflection, Writing on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Apparently there’s now an app for critical thinking! Read all about it here: Critical Thinking: There’s An App For That Ditch your Liberal Arts education – who needs it? And hey – you no longer need to engage in dialogue or reflection with others — what a waste of your time! And [...]
Where Complaining Gets You
Posted in Experience, Learning, PLA, Reflection, tagged experience, Learning, PLA, reflection on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My PLA students certainly understand the cycle on the right; they live it with each and every experience they reflect on. For PLA students, E = credit! Now how do I get my 3-year old to buy into it too? Thanks to Indexed – again!!! – for the brilliance!
A Good Time Of The Year For This
Posted in Life, Reflection, tagged Life, reflection on December 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we forget why we are on that path in the first place. The result is that we only have a dim, or even inaccurate, view of what’s really important to us. ~Peter Senge May the end of the year bring you back [...]
Good News For The Cat
Posted in Adult Learners, Reflection, Wisdom, tagged adultlearners, reflection, wisdom on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I get to share another nifty view of learning from Indexed. This is yet another reason why I like working with adult learners — they are experienced and, often, curious. Pop Quiz: How do you get from Point A to Point B? Answer: HERE
Informed By Life Experience
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Experience, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, Reflection, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, experience, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, PLA, reflection on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hey everyone! Helen Fern just completed her 18 credit PLA Portfolio at Marylhurst! YIPPEE HELEN!!! Helen is a Human Studies major, and she earned credit through the PLA program for the following courses: Introduction to Photography Mushroom Identification and Taxonomy Anasazi Archeology Conflict Management Effective Listening Psychology of Loss and Grief Three of these topics [...]
To Learn, Unlearn, & Relearn
Posted in Assessment, Learning, Literacy, PLA, Reflection, Technology, tagged Assessment, collaboration, Learning, literacy, PLA, reflection, Technology on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently found the list below of 21st Century Literacies, posted by Cathy Davidson. As I prepared to launch myself and my students into Fall term today, I re-read the list, paused, and thought that even though I am not teaching any content specific to these literacies (I teach in the PLA program), at some [...]
Back. Forward. Inward. Outward.
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, Reflection, Writing, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA, reflection, Writing on September 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Homework Assignment for PLA Students (Or Any Other Individuals Seeking To Learn From Their Mistakes Experiences) Read the 16 Outcomes of Reflection. It’s a GREAT framework for reflecting! Then: Think Back – about your topic / your experience / your learning. Think Forward – about your topic / your experience / your learning. Think Inward [...]
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