by Daron Benjamin Loo Broad Context Active learning, according to Bonwell and Eison (1991), is a process that “involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing.” (p. 2). Active learning in higher education is a research interest for scholars in the area of SoTL. Active learning may be encouraged […]
Month: December 2017
Sharing by Fong Yoke Sim
by Fong Yoke Sim When approached by the CELC SoTL Blog Committee to contribute to the Blog, Yoke Sim (YS) decided to share with readers her answers to Gek Ling’s (GL) questions regarding the ‘Threshold Concept’. This was presented during the Panel Discussion at the CELC-FTEC Briefing in May, 2017. GL: How did you […]
Peer reviewing: “It’s not about you; it’s about me.”
by Anuradha Ramanujan & Coleen Angove A rather indiscreet Facebook message from a while ago sowed the seed of this investigation into effective peer reviewing. A student taking an Ideas and Exposition module (IEM) bemoaned his frustration at a recent peer review experience, expressing dismissiveness at his peer reviewer’s “obtuseness,” and called peer review a […]