pedagogy

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Once a fearsome murderer invaded a Zen master’s home

Once a fearsome murderer invaded a Zen master’s home

Once a fearsome murderer invaded a Zen master’s home. “Give me everything you own, or I’ll kill you,” he said, brandishing his sword. The Zen master said nothing. “Don’t you

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We Do Not Debate Civilly

We Do Not Debate Civilly

You should really enable them. I'd bet you'd get a lot on your "RESPONSE TO RON SRIGLEY." I actually learned something from reading his well written and reasoned article. Your much

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Microaggressions, "Coddling", Safe Spaces, and President Obama

Microaggressions, "Coddling", Safe Spaces, and President Obama

I was eight or nine. I was playing with my little brother at the playground adjacent to the apartment complex where my family lived. My mother and father were at a round of

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Technology is not Pedagogy

We have not coded for the human in education, and so, unless we know how to seek it out past digital platforms, algorithms, and surveillance tools, the human is largely left out of online learning.

Fostering Care and Community at a Distance

There’s no built-in function in any technology which can produce community. Nor can building community be done from the front of the room; it is not an exercise or a manoeuvre.

Love Letters and Pen Pals: Community through Correspondence

There are myriad ways that teaching online can preserve the most cherished or favorite parts of classroom pedagogy. What is required is thinking past the screen, past the platform, and beyond the distance that separates teachers and students.