According to Wikipedia (2019), “Informal learning is “a pervasive ongoing phenomenon of learning via participation or learning via knowledge creation….” I have to admit that
Tag: College
From Conversation to Activism
Last week, a committee I chair–my college’s Multi-Generational Teaching & Learning Committee–hosted its first panel presentation. Entitled “A Multi-Generational Conversation: Classrooms, Computers, and Curriculum,” the
Trending: Change in Perspective on College Admissions Testing
Inside Higher Ed is reporting on an increased number of colleges dropping SAT and ACT requirements as part of the admissions process. Reason: Diversity concerns.
Dollars and Sense
In her article “10 ways Gen Zs spend money differently than their Gen X parents,” Swain-Wilson (2018) compares/contrasts the spending habits of Gen Xers to
White Matter
In 2014, Brown University reported some significant–yet widely unheralded–research concerning the way older brains accept and process new information: Brain scientists have long believed that
