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Games Can Make Anything Fun

  • Posted on September 25, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction, Ish Stabosz

By Ish Stabosz Center for Creative Instruction & Technology Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus Okay…maybe not anything. But yesterday, I got to witness the effects of gamification on the most dreaded topic of English students and teachers alike: APA Citation That’s right. I made a game out of reference pages, and for the first […]

Collaborative Teaching = Collaborative Learning

  • Posted on September 16, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction

By Heidi Gurdo Construction Management Technology Department Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus Recently, I asked two colleagues in my department to be guest lecturers in an Architectural Engineering Technology (AET) course. The topics of discussion were related to civil engineering, and I thought it was best to have content experts teach the lessons to […]

6 + 48 = Innovation

  • Posted on September 11, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction, Kim Bates

By Kim Bates Center for Creative Instruction & Technology Delaware Technical Community CollegeTerry Campus This is the story of how 6 employees from across the Terry campus collaborated to create an innovative teaching strategy with 48 wooden blocks.

Game On! 2016 Instructional Innovation Spotlight

  • Posted on August 28, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction, Lisa Peel, Tim Mello

By Lisa Peel and Tim Mello Early Childhood Education Department Delaware Technical Community College Terry Campus A recent article comparing pedagogy (the method of teaching) and andragogy (the method of teaching adult learners) posed the question “Is it too late to be a child? Is it too early to be an adult?” (Nikolova, Zafirova-Malcheva, Staganova, […]

Thoughts on Three No’s Every Student Wants to Hear

  • Posted on August 21, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction, Lindsay Gigous

By Lindsay Gigous Education Department Delaware Technical Community College Wilmington Campus Here’s a scary thought: ever try to get into your students’ minds? What do they really think about your assignments? Are they completely bored in your classes or do they like what you’re doing?

What Time Does Class Really Start?

  • Posted on July 31, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Carey McDaniel, Instruction

By Carey McDaniel Language Department Delaware Technical Community College Owens Campus When I walk into my daily Advanced Grammar class, I am pretty stoked to talk about past progressive verbs or the benefits of using noun clauses as the objects of the prepositions. Who doesn’t love the snappy banter of gerunds in the morning? I […]

Is Learning a Job?

  • Posted on July 24, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category George Cognet, Instruction

By George Cognet Department Chair, Computer Information Systems Delaware Technical Community College Owens Campus I have been in the field of technology for over 33 years. Although some may call it work, for me, it is not. Instead it has been 33 years of having fun, playing with “new technologies”, and getting paid for it–call […]

When Students Make Their Case (Study)

  • Posted on July 17, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Adele ThaxtonCoy, Instruction

By Adele Thaxton-Coy Nursing Department Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus Writing for the Journal of College Teaching and Learning, Karge, Phillips, Jessee, and McCabe (2011) report that “[w]hen students are active in their learning they are able to develop critical thinking skills, receive social support systems for the learning, and gain knowledge in an […]

Engaging Beginners Using Complex Concepts

  • Posted on July 10, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Amy Mann, Instruction

By Amy Mann Environmental Technologies Department Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus I have a confession to make. I am not a trained educator. I spent thirteen years working in the engineering field before starting here at Delaware Tech. Without a formal education in teaching theory, I entered this job believing that basic concepts had […]

What is Good Teaching?

  • Posted on July 3, 2015
  • By Jerry Pearson
  • Category Instruction, Navarun Jagatpal

By Navarun Jagatpal Math/Physics Department Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus Ever since I started teaching, I’ve wondered about what it really means to be a good teacher. I’d like to propose some criteria for good teaching. I don’t have a degree in education, but I’ve been teaching and tutoring for many years. These criteria […]

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