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continue to meet at regularly scheduled times. In the blended model, the traditional class schedule is altered. The definition of what constitutes a blended course varies by institution. Generally, blended higher education courses contain a significant amount of online instruction and activities, so face-to-face time is reduced to balance the total workload. Blended courses are sometimes favored for their schedule flexibility, which can address certain conflicts of time and space. If you are
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you new to the concept of MOOCs, see the info-graphic to the right for an overview of the concept). After making the resolution to participate in a MOOC this January, I found myself unsure of how to get started finding one. After a bit of searching, I decided to select a course from the options provided by either edX or Coursera. Both providers have websites that host online courses created by faculty across the globe, though edX is a non-profit partnership and Coursera is a for-profit education
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also help me to pursue ideas that will add value to organizations and, ultimately, to care for people. I believe that Innovation Studies will take my passion for Psychology to the next level. What do the classes entail and is it a fit for you? Check out the curriculum on this website and see how many of the courses double-dip with your major or the General Education Requirements that you already need to take. You may even find that Innovation Studies can take you forward to a new career and new
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Campuswire: An Online Discussion Tool for Engaging Course Communication Posted by: berlinma / July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020 The past few months have been a challenging time for education. PLU faculty had to quickly adapt their classrooms into an online environment and rethink how to deliver their pedagogy in entirely new ways. One of the biggest obstacles to online teaching and learning is student-to-student engagement and interaction. Instructors may wonder how they can replicate, or at least
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to bits of advice as workshops he held in January at Pacific Lutheran University. His main points: Follow your passion and take risks. On the first point of following his passion, Hobson told the class that during his sophomore year at PLU, his father nearly died of an aneurysm, and Hobson, who was an music education major, decided that he was done with playing it safe. His real passion was the theater. So he switched and hasn’t looked back since. “Life is too short to do something you don’t love
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combines entertaining stage work with opportunities for academic rigor,” Anderson explained. “Often I find these two parts of my work warring against each other. However, in this piece, scholarship is play.” This production provides opportunities for actors learning Shakespearean acting, and assistant directors and dramaturgs (theatrical researchers) who want to dive into the history and theory. All this makes for a full evening of entertainment, ritual, spectacle and education. “We’re leaning into the
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together on this commission and will also perform the work. University Wind Ensemble conductor, Dr. Edwin Powell, is well known in Tennessee, having taught conducting courses and music education methods at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he was Assistant Director of Bands. “It’s exciting to return to Tennessee where I spent five years before I came to PLU,” Powell said. “I look forward to reconnecting with colleagues and many former students while I’m there, and of course, sharing the
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conferences in the nation that examine the topic. Sut Jhally, founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation, will kick off the event during his keynote address, titled “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence.” Jhally is a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts and a leading scholar looking at the role advertising and popular culture play in the processes of social control and identity construction. At the conference, he will address how media literacy and
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speakers addressed topics related to art and communication. They included: Opening remarks by Monique Fouquet, vice president of academic administration at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation, whose talk, “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence” was presented in conjunction with the Men Against Violence conference Gary Geddes, noted author, poet and Vancouver, B.C., resident, whose closing address was titled “Operation Trojan
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about 3 million school children around the world. It’s another connecting point for Arnesen and Bancroft – education. “It wasn’t just about skiing. It was about getting 3 million school children to realize their dreams and the possibilities of those dreams,” Bancroft said. For their 2011 trek, the goal is to connect with even more children – 50 million of them. “We’re trying to be very lofty and bold,” Bancrof said. “Like our other expeditions they’re really just spark plugs.” Spark plugs for
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