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Really proud of the work that Hunter College's ACERT (@hunteracert.bsky.social) is doing! If you are at Hunter, join us on Zoom for our Lunchtime Seminara, Aug 18-21 @ 12-1pm ET!

So excited to talk with the UW Madison faculty and staff today about active learning and the science behind peer learning! One of today's discussions will be a fishbowl and I can't wait.

Maurice Wallace adds that we need comrades. A comrade is accountable, is called to act. Have we been comrades to the community? Think of the staff and faculty and their communities outside the academy, invite them to bring that into their work on campus and vice versa. @rutgersupress.bsky.social

GC President Josh Brumberg kicks off the Futures Initiative "Futures of Higher Ed" event at the podium in Elebash Hall. @futuresed.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Starting now! The Future of Higher Education with @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, @shellyeversley.bsky.social, Nancy Cantor (@huntercollege.bsky.social), William P. Kelly, Shelly Lowe, and Maurice Wallace at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social hosted by @futuresed.bsky.social!

It's a watch party! We're at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social tuning into "AI and the Future of Higher Education" with @alondra.bsky.social & @cathyndavidson.bsky.social hosted by @futuresed.bsky.social and moderated by Jade Davis. @hastac.bsky.social

Back at my fav cafe, continuing to carve out time for the book project as time runs out. New chapter outlined, now diving back into research after 4 years. Despite it all. To spite it all. We are intellectual warriors and we've got to keep going. I #amwriting thanks to @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social!

Looking forward to meeting the faculty at Dickinson College tomorrow and talking about #ungrading! Also really enjoying this rose wallpaper as I listen to my "Dissertation Playlist" and do developmental editing on the doc to turn it into a book. Feeling very fortunate to have this time.

BEHOLD, friends. I connected the device with my dissertation on it; downloaded the word doc to my new laptop, and opened it. And it isn't so bad after all. I haven't had the heart to do this in 5 years and this week's terrible news about the NEH inspires me to be an intellectual warrior and persist.

Here are some ways to end the semester strong with our tired, overwhelmed students: reduce taxing students' Executive Functions. Executive Functions are a set of cognitive skills we use to manage everyday tasks (e.g., planning, attention, working memory, organization, self-regulation, flexibility).

Really looking forward to delivering the Wednesday keynote at the Online Learning Consortium's Accelerate conference next week!! If you'll be at OLC, come say hello on Wednesday morning! I'll be sharing ways to engage students and build a sense of community via digital learning.

Oh my! Look at this! I'm so delighted and honored to see our book among so many brilliant books at AAC&U! Looking forward to giving a talk with Cathy N. Davidson this afternoon at 2pm. There will be participatory activities at our session!

New teaching workshops in Jan! We'll brainstorm + commit to our priorities so we know what to say "yes" to & why, & what we can say "no" to when we have good reasons. I'll also share my student self-evaluation assignment. Register here! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This year let's commit to being deliberate and intentional - even with the smallest or most mundane parts of our daily work. I hope you'll consider adding an office hours statement to your syllabus! Here's a template to help get you started.