- How do I get my students to prepare before coming to a flipped class? - Turn to Your Neighbor: The Official Peer Instruction Blog
A whole lot of words about the virtues of Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching, followed by a one-paragraph response to the question in the title. Don't blink or you might miss it.
- Screening Out the Introverts - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education
While I have some sympathy, I'm not sure how far you can really go to lessen the strain on introverts in academia given that one of the primary professional activities necessarily involves talking to a room full of strangers on a regular basis.
- Twitter-- "Things don't seem wonderful if you've seen them all your life"
A cartoon from 1912 that is still true today, with only a little updating.
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