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Tag Archives: pedagogy
Reason #7 to enroll in 207x
Continuing my series on the top 10 reasons to enroll in Anthropology 207x (Introduction to Human Evolution), which officially begins on May 6th…. Previous entries: #10 Origin stories are captivating. Scientific origin stories can be unifying. #9 It’s open and … Continue reading
MOOCs: Teaching as social action
Teaching is a social action. The interaction within a class between students, the connection between teacher and students, the context in which such conversations take place…all of these are part of the social reality that reflects teaching. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 207x, MOOC, pedagogy, social action, WellesleyX
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A worldwide audience
I promise to not write solely about my EdX course, but…it is live as of this morning. And in the first three hours of being live, we have had students posting in the discussion forum from every continent outside of … Continue reading
Anthropology 207x – My goals
One of the first things I want to convey about Anthropology 207x (Introduction to Human Evolution) are my goals in putting together the course. Dissemination My largest goal for this course is make available valuable teaching content related to human … Continue reading
Ten fingers, ten toes
One of the reasons I love teaching anthropology is that it is so easy to draw a direct connection between what we are studying the the real life experiences of my students. The actions of evolution are ubiquitous in the … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, ethics, pedagogy, personal genetic testing, personal genomics
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Differing ends of the class size spectrum
I am currently in a bit of an interesting situation regarding my own teaching. For the first time since arriving at Wellesley I am teaching a senior-level seminar (with a focus on personal genomics). By Wellesley standards, the 19 students … Continue reading
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Tagged MOOC, online education, pedagogy
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Social media in the classroom
Added to my introductory lectures this semester…
Spring Syllabi
Today marks the beginning of the Spring semester at Wellesley. I am teaching two courses this semester, Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Anth 204), which I teach every Spring, and Human Biology and Society (Anth 314), a new upper level seminar … Continue reading
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Tagged #WCAnth204, #WCAnth314, Introduction to Biological Anthropology, pedagogy, personal genomics, syllabus
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Online courses everywhere
On the same day my current employer announces its partnership with edX, my undergraduate alma mater, Emory University, announces its participation in a consortium of schools putting together a “semester online” via the 2U platform.
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It is official: Wellesley is partnering with edX (updated)
Apparently my ruminations this semester about online education have not been pointless. Wellesley announced this morning that they are partnering with edX, and will begin the process by producing four courses through edX in the 2013-2014 academic year. I am … Continue reading
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