Go Forth and Bury Dead Ideas about Learning

I began reading an article from EdSurge, What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching that explored what inclusive pedagogies students would like to see carried over from our Covid remote learning environment into the new in-person learning environment. Accessibility and digital inequities were brought up as not necessarily going away and that communicating with students early to determine any challenges to learning is important. The article also brought up that introducing new tools “carries a cognitive load,” something that I think we can all attest to as we attempt to explore and absorb all the new tools in this class. Using technology intentionally builds community and encourages students to interact, something that we are also doing in this class.

The article from EdSurge, had several links that led me to a crowd sourcing website hosted by ColumbiaรดCTL, Ask a Student! This resource encourages university professors to ask a panel of undergraduate student questions regarding their experiences with online learning. “Students as Pedagogical Partners” provides professors insights into the student’s perceptions of what works and what doesn’t in several areas, such as community building, remote learner-centered teaching, learning through on-line discussion, etc.

Another link from the EdSurge article sent me to a series of podcasts, Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning that began by studying the article, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning. Subsequent podcasts featured topics such as Neuromyths in Teaching and Learning, Dead Ideas in Science Teaching, Grading, and Community Teaching. The most recent podcast interviewed four Columbia undergraduates who stated that there were a few things that they would like to see continue when in-person returns:

maintain recorded lectures so that students can re-watch them

bring in real-world professionals to link their studies to the job

break-out sessions to build community

non-grading that allows students to learn from their failures

REFERENCES

Ask a Student! (n.d.). Center for Teaching and Learning. Columbia University in the City of New York. Retrieved June 26, 2021, from https://ctl.columbia.edu/faculty/sapp/

Kachani, S. (2021, May 24). What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching. EdSurge. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-05-24-what-college-students-wish-professors-knew-about-inclusive-online-teaching

Pike, D. L. (2011, January 12). THE TYRANNY OF DEAD IDEAS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING: Midwest Sociological Society Presidential Address 2010tsq_1195. Dead Ideas.Cpb-Us-W2.Wpmucdn.Com. https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/edblogs.columbia.edu/dist/8/1109/files/2016/07/Dead-Ideas-2.pdf

Ross, K. (n.d.). Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning. Center for Teaching and Learning. Columbia University in the City of New York. Retrieved June 26, 2021, from https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/resources/podcast/

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