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Strategies for Giving Tests with Desmos Graphing Calculator

Posted by busynessgirl | May 7, 2019 | Assessment for Math, Calculators, Teaching Math, Teaching Math Online |

Many of us (and our students) have fallen in love with the Desmos Graphing Calculator. Two...

Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019)

Posted by busynessgirl | Feb 4, 2019 | Algebra, College Algebra, Find and Use Data, Math by Subject, Quantitative Reasoning, Teaching Math |

The Contemporary Algebra Collection now contains 28 activities spread from basic math to...

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast about ESIL Lens

Posted by busynessgirl | Jan 17, 2019 | Assessment for Math, Future of Higher Ed, Future of Learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Measuring Learning |

Back in December, I joined Bonni Stachowiak for an episode of Teaching in Higher Ed specifically...

Add Graphs In The World to Courses

Posted by busynessgirl | Jan 15, 2019 | Active Learning in Math, College Algebra, Digital Literacy, eLearning, Find and Use Data, Math for Liberal Arts, Quantitative Reasoning |

Now you can add Graphs in the World to your courses in the LMS! Create a new “page” in...

ESIL: A Learning Lens for the Digital Age

Posted by busynessgirl | Dec 6, 2018 | Design Process, Edge of Learning, Future of Learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Measuring Learning |

In the early 90’s, most people had three reasonable choices for looking up the information you did...

Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day

Posted by busynessgirl | Nov 30, 2018 | Algebra, Calculus (SV), Classroom Life, College Algebra, Curiosity, Data Visualization, Discussion Boards, Edge of Learning, Exploration, Interdisciplinary Studies, Learning Design, Math for Elem Teachers, Math for Liberal Arts, Probability and Statistics, Quantitative Reasoning, Studying Social Media |

I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in...

Taking the Algebra Out of College Algebra

Posted by busynessgirl | Nov 16, 2018 | Active Learning in Math, Calculators, College Algebra, Life in the Math Classroom, Math by Subject, Teaching Math |

Today’s talk from AMATYC was “Taking the Algebra Out of College Algebra” (to...

Understand in learning objectives – it’s the forest, not the trees

Posted by busynessgirl | Sep 18, 2018 | eLearning, Learning Design, Measuring Learning, Uncategorized |

If you’re a faculty member, you can probably tell me all about the first time an instructional...

Reimagining Calculus Keynote

Posted by busynessgirl | Nov 4, 2017 | Edge of Learning, Future of Higher Ed, Future of Learning, Future of Math |

Yesterday I gave the keynote at the Reimagining Calculus Conference held at Stevens Institute of...

Group Exploration in Math

Posted by busynessgirl | Oct 27, 2017 | Algebra, Classroom Life, College Algebra, Exploration, Learning Design, Life in the Math Classroom, Math by Subject, Metacognition, Teaching Math |

I am often asked how to get learners to spend more time “exploring” in their learning rather than...

Adjuncts shouldn’t have to fix a broken system

Posted by busynessgirl | Sep 27, 2017 | Future of Higher Ed, Higher Education |

For 10 years I taught as a full-time professor at a community college. My loads were between 4-4-0...

Financial Aid, WGU, and OIG

Posted by busynessgirl | Sep 23, 2017 | Edge of Learning, Future of Higher Ed |

Quite a few people have asked me for my opinion this week about WGU and the recent OIG finding. I...

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