Share|Inspired to action by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in late 2012, Elliott Ingersoll, author of Flat World’s upcoming Personality textbook, knew he had to speak out.  In his honest TEDxCLE talk entitled “Mental Health in the Age of Violence: From Pushing Pills to Counseling Skills,” he discusses how we cannot find mental health...

Share| A 2012 study from Babson Survey Research Group estimates that more than 6.7 million students are now taking at least one online course. Although we may understand how the typical class works, the online classroom and technology present a new set of variables and challenges. On his blog, Richard G. Jones, Jr., author of Communication in the Real World, offers...

As college writing teachers, we’ve slowly begun to wean ourselves from the traditional and one-size-fits-all ways. In fact, my students no longer submit their essays to me; they publish "weblications."

Share|  Footnotes on papers and detail on essays, Gilded Age starting with Rutherford Hayes, Thoughtful fall students who return in the spring, These are a few of my favorite things. When Sharon asked me to contribute a blog on my “favorite things” about Flat World textbooks, I immediately thought of their unique adaptability and affordability.  With Flat...

Share|  I received a wonderful email from my dear friend and fellow teacher Joan Browning that made my day.  I hope you find her perspective as inspiring as I did. Joan was one of the original  Freedom Riders of 1961. She’s been an activist her whole life and knows a good cause when she sees one. I first met Joan when doing research on African American...

Share|  It’s a heady time for learning technologies. Here at the Psychology Department at the University of Maryland, we’ve launched two new online courses in our undergraduate program, as well as three new online Masters and Certificate Programs in the past year.  The university administration wants us to keep up with the places like Stanford and MIT with...