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Beer With a Scientist
DNA pairs with IPA in a new program aimed at bringing science to the masses.
Opinion
Don't Call Them 'Kids'
If faculty members want students to act like adults, they should treat them as adults, writes Sean A. Valles.
It’s Andragogy, Not Pedagogy
Andrew Joseph Pegoda says it's time to stop talking and thinking about teaching and learning with a term focused on children, not adults.
Thought Experiment
Philosopher professor encourages faculty in all disciplines to liven up course sessions with radical but ancient teaching technique.
Data, Data Everywhere
Participants in the Gates-funded MOOC Research Initiative discuss their results -- and the pains of working with MOOC data.
Opinion
Reform Intro Economics
We can't teach everything, but we can try to engage more students, and a more diverse student body, writes Clark G. Ross.
Opinion
The Classroom as Arcade
The lure of the laptop is too much for many students, and university culture needs to celebrate the embodied nature of the classroom and turn off technology, Mary Flanagan argues.
The Bookstore Curriculum
A Vermont college's new curricular venture enables students to self-publish books -- a project officials hope will aid a largely first-generation student body and give humanities students a "deliverable" for the future.