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April 6, 2016
Course video trailers: Coming soon to a classroom near you
Course trailers are a strategy for attracting student interest and attendance… but are they instead slick promotional ads and introduce bias?
August 17, 2015
Items for the start of the 2015-2016 academic year
I have written several posts since I started GeoEd Trek that cover course design to course activities. Feel free to stop and explore these items of interest (along with this curious fellow from Rocky Mountain National Park!).
August 12, 2015
What content to put in the syllabus (and what to leave out)
To include, or not to include certain content in a course syllabus… you will find some thoughts, ideas, and valuable links in this post to consider (helpful to all of us that are struggling until the last-minute with our course design!)
Laura Guertin is a Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at Penn State Brandywine in Media, PA. Her research focuses on how technology can enhance teaching and student learning in introductory-level geoscience courses for non-science majors. Her blog focuses on geoscience education/outreach, science communication, and technology tools in the classroom, online, and in the field.