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Dr. Rebecca Weaver
@weaverrew.bsky.social
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Teaching and Learning Consultant at Kennesaw State's CETL; writer; pedagogy activist; metacognition/walks/food/gardens/service/humans; she/her. Appropriately sweary, opinions mine. talkingteachingwriting.com
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In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Talk About Failure," I write about how we can help *very resistant* students understand how important failure is to learning and to staying motivated for learning. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
Image of text which says: I try to establish that failure is a necessary part of the writing process — I do so through repetition, readings which support that thesis, and sometimes my own writing failures. I know professors from all kinds of classes who do this as well — they talk about failed lab experiments, equations that never worked, the language phrases which result in unexpected food orders, and theories which never apply. The main idea is to get students to see failure not as a cost, but as a benefit.
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Use The Names Students Want," I write about my struggle to learn names and to speak from the integrity of my "teacher within" to use students' chosen names and speak to the student within. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
Image of text which says: This way of learning students' names might seem a small gesture what with everything going on for us, our students, our institutions, and the world. But one of the most important things we can do at the beginning of a semester is set a tone for the communities that we would like our classes to become.
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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In the words of Jerry Garcia, SoTL peeps: "what you standin' there for? Get up, get out, get out of the door!" Register NOW for the SoTL Summit, an all-virtual international conference showcasing peer-reviewed and invited scholarly work on teaching and learning in higher education.
Banner image which says: 32nd Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summit, September 19-19, 2025.
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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When nuts are done, assemble salad: tear up handful of mint leaves. Sprinkle half the nuts on the greens, then half the oil, and half the mint. Place the burrata in the center and pour the rest of the oil over it, then sprinkle the rest of the nuts & mint. Add more salt to taste.
Image of a salad with greens, pine nuts, and burrata in a blue bowl.
July 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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1. Chickpea, cucumber, green bean, & tomato salad: Mix one can each of chickpeas and cut green beans with a cucumber and a large tomato. Add olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and curry powder to taste. Easy to scale up.
Image of a salad made from chickpeas, green beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers in a brown bowl
July 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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My latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Complain About the Transactional Nature of College," advocates leaning into the transactional nature of college: be transparent/ forceful w students abt the nature of that transaction: transformation & learning.

Link in comments; PDF avail w request.
Image of text which says: "lean into the transaction language. SO let's lean into explicit conversations about how they must transform their lives to succeed.
July 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Here is a beautiful and wonderful thing: reading a meditation on flying in an airplane-themed coffee shop. Gorgeous, thoughtful prose by Mark Vanhoenacker.
Image of a paragraph of text which says: “Georgia O’Keefe was afraid of flying but obsessed with the clouds she saw from airplanes, which she painted with an all but religious devotion: ‘When you fly under even normal circumstances, you see such marvelous things, with incredible colors that you actually begin to believe your dreams.’ I try to remember, when I haven’t flown for some time, and the handles of the bags of groceries I’m carrying through a cold and rainy November dusk are about to break, that such a lake of light may be above the clouds that rest on the street.” Image of a book in front of airplane seats and a table made of recycled fuselage Image of a book cover: Skyfaring: A journey with a pilot
June 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Upside down flag=distress. My in-laws have deep connections with the Minnesota Legislature and I am grieving with my MN family and friends today.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Hey pedagogues, can someone share an example of a socially annotated syllabus from a class you’ve taught (student info redacted, of course)? #Teaching/Learning
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June 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Hey @bigjet.tv if you ever get to Albuquerque, check out this lovely exhibit of models! It goes on and on!
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April 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Y’ALL, how lucky am I that I got to talk with @sarosecav.bsky.social for my latest column in the National Teaching and Learning Forum!? If you need a little joy, a little warmth, a lot of thoughtfulness, read this. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request. GET IT!
But I think ultimately,people must teach as themselves, as who they are. I think certain practices might work fantastically for me and fail utterly for you.
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I'm happy to share my new "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, where I discuss the importance of metacognitive frameworks to learning, the training of graduate students, and tell a story about a particularly underwhelming seminar (IYKYK). Link in comments; PDF available upon request.
Image of text which says "very present in graduate education. This means that graduate students may not be learning very effectively, explaining, in some part, the piss-poor graduate program retention numbers. Many who leave graduate school likely are frustrated by how they are not learning."
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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December 27, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Some cookie fun for your feed
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December 16, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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I’m happy to share my latest _Bad Ideas About Teaching_ column: “Your Teaching Can’t Help.” Link below, and PDF available upon request.
Image of text which says “But, and I’m going to say this as gently as I can, with the understanding that it is small comfort in this long night: teaching well is its own good and hopeful thing.”
December 13, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Tuesday I volunteered to help put on the improve night, and led by the wonderful Thomas, we made people laugh, and it was a great way to get to know and work with folks.
Enjoy these photos, and let's conspire on hijinks for next year! #POD24 8/
* people lined up in chairs, smiling at the camera
November 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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I like being involved, and knowing that my center has a rep for showing up in a big way at the karaoke night, I dutifully signed up and couldn't have had a better time singing on my own, with my colleagues, and in a trio! My voice is STILL affected. #POD24 7/
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November 16, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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It was an absolute pleasure to experience the conference, eat, and go on excursions with my Kennesaw colleagues and bosses, who have so much respect in this field, and who are so smart and thoughtful and just a helluva lot of fun. #POD24 6/
6 people around a restaurant table smiling at the camera
November 16, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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I am so, so grateful for the online friendships/collaborationships which blossomed upon meeting in person at #POD24 for the first time, w amazing ppl like @lindsaymasland.bsky.social, @cjdenial.bsky.social, @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, @liznorell.bsky.social, & @sarosecav.bsky.social. 2/
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November 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Yo #POD24 people! I’m here at the Hyatt in Chicago ! Hit me up for hanging, hijinks, and happy meetings.
Image of lake michigan from a hotel window Image of tee with the main characters from the TV show Absolutely Fabulous, with text underneath that says: "what would Edina & Patsy do?"
November 9, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Sunset on the horizon, from an airplane window
November 5, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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Timeline cleanse: my favorite park & pond in fall fog:
Path through autumn woods Pond in fog with trees in the background Pond in fog with trees in the background Path of red clay through woods
November 2, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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I'm happy to share my new Bad Ideas column, Do All the Things NOW! It's about how doing all the things defeats a sustainable teaching practice and solid teaching practices all deserve deepness, not superficial treatment. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2166...
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October 19, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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It’s great to see so many new people here, and I so much appreciate being included in starter packs! I’ve been quiet on SM as I’ve been transitioning to my new job in a CETL. But I have thoughts abt the change and will share them soon!
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October 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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Happy to share my new Bad Ideas About Teaching column: Don't Plan for Sick Time!
(link below--msg me to request a PDF)
Image of text that says "I used to think that no one could replicate my teaching or my deep and precise understanding of the material. It didn’t seem fair to students to have someone trying to run the class who didn’t know what was going on."
September 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM