by Ashley Cheyemi McNeil | Oct 7, 2016 | active learning, digital pedagogy, pedagogy
As a first-year Student Innovation Fellow, I’ve been learning the ropes this past month. The projects that are encompassed in the SIF domain are multiple, collaborative by nature and design, and have more arms than a centipede. This kind of learning is, I have to...
by Monica Cook | Apr 2, 2016 | active learning, Atlanta connections, pedagogy
Recent research has shown that having greater diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and thought greatly improves the output of ideas in workplace and educational environments. (Incidentally, diversity of thought often comes naturally after ensuring...
by Monica Cook | Feb 29, 2016 | active learning, innovation, pedagogy, SIF Projects
There is a pervasive meme in the collective consciousness that science is a purely rational pursuit with no room for bringing in personal experiences or points of view. This, in my experience, is entirely false. Science is fundamentally a creative pursuit. Good...
by Thomas Breideband | Feb 1, 2016 | active learning, digital humanities, innovation, pedagogy
There has been a tremendous amount of discussions concerning the goals and practices of Digital Humanities within the setting of undergraduate instruction, and I welcome not only the increased attention but also the marked shift that has taken place on how this...
by Monica Cook | Nov 30, 2015 | active learning, pedagogy
As a SIF this year, I have felt like a fish out of water when engaging in social science and education research. I find that doing good, rigorous social science is more difficult than doing experimental physics in a lot of ways. When delivering social science surveys,...
by Andrew Berens | Nov 2, 2015 | active learning, mapping
Recently the SIF Web Editors highlighted the project that will be one of my main focuses during my time with the SIF program: the climate lab weather balloon. This project will deploy a moored weather balloon as a way to collect real-time data about the troposphere...
