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Aesthetics and Pedagogy in Online Learning

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Israel Galindo

The online environment is a visual medium. Whether you are teaching a dedicated online course, using a hybrid format, or using your online course site (Moodle or Blackboard) as a resource and enrichment component of your classroom course, “style” and … Continue reading →

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Using Instructional Prompts for Online Learning

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Israel Galindo

The greatest potential of the online learning environment is its capacity to foster high levels of interactive learning that leads to “deep understanding.” The instructor’s role is critical to making this happen. The manner and frequency of the instructor’s response … Continue reading →

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Five Stages for Effective Teaching

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Israel Galindo

One of the hardest things for both novice and experienced teachers to learn is that lecture is not instruction. Here are some thoughts on “Five stages for effective teaching” at the Wabash Center? blog on “less lecture.”

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The brain and learning, 6

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Israel Galindo

Today’s brain and learning concept: the brain learns through conscious and unconscious processes. A great deal of the insights we acquire and the patterns that we grasp are a consequence of ongoing unconscious processing, perhaps more than we realize or … Continue reading →

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The brain and learning, 5

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Israel Galindo

Today’s brain and learning concept: the brain perceives and creates parts and wholes. The brain has two separate but simultaneous tendencies for organizing information. One is to reduce information to parts. The other is to perceive and work with information … Continue reading →

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The brain and learning, 4

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Israel Galindo

Today’s brain and learning concept: emotions are critical to learning. Generally, educational enterprises tend to separating emotion from thinking. Though the importance of emotions to learning has been acknowledged the connection between emotion and cognition remains, by and large, unaddressed. … Continue reading →

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The brain and learning, 2

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Israel Galindo

Today’s brain and learning concept: the brain is social. Bowen systems theory and developmental psychologists stress that individuals must always be seen as integral parts of larger social systems. Part of our identity depends on establishing community and finding ways … Continue reading →

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