The “big picture” concept of development as change occurring within a dynamic social system (nurture) that is interacting in complex bidirectional ways with our genetic endowment (nature) is something I aim to incorporate into all of my developmental courses. Although … Read More
In my previous post I discussed how distance learning has changed over the past 25 years. Gone are the days of yes-no (multiple-choice) type assignment questions aimed at assessing basic understanding. Today’s students are expected to write their answers in … Read More
In the video below, I welcome students to their new online course!
What is feedback? Wikipedia indicates that “feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself.” This definition may appear at first … Read More
Asking how we (the instructor) can get students to learn what we want them to learn is a flawed perspective. It has an air of authoritarianism on the part of the instructor, which leaves the student as a passive recipient … Read More