27
Aug
Efficient teaching: grading schemes
What is a grading scheme for our classes that promotes the best learning with minimal agony for all?
Everybody who
4 min read
Terry McGlynn
23
Aug
What do our “Overly Honest Syllabi” remarks say about how we approach our craft?
Sometimes, an idea gets explosively popular for a day or two. Earlier this week, that happened with the twitter hashtag
4 min read
21
Aug
How it is hard to remove useless pap from GE curricula
The university curriculum evolves, and is a creature that is shaped by a variety of environmental forces tugging at it
2 min read
20
Aug
Service obligations attack!
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
I’ve rarely overtly turned down service opportunities,
2 min read
19
Aug
Percent effort measures are a bunch of bunk
Many jobs come with an official “percent effort” job description, indicating how much time to spent on different kinds of
3 min read
16
Aug
Welcome back! Changes for Fall 2013!
I slowed the blog down over the summer, and now we’re shifting back the academic-year again. After reflection and
4 min read
15
Aug
On pseudonymity and making a difference in the world (updated)
New York City
My favorite pseudonymous person out there, without a doubt, is Banksy.
If you aren’t familiar with
5 min read
14
Aug
On the ethics of juggling job offers
The academic job market is tilted towards the side of the supplier. As any postdoc can tell you, there is
6 min read
12
Aug
Are trees the lawns of the future?
The lawn started as a demonstration of excess, as I understand it. A lawn indicates that the landowner has enough
5 min read
07
Aug
Do you want an office connected to your lab?
Wouldn’t it be great to have your office connected to your research lab?
or
Wouldn’t it be great
1 min read