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Rethinking Research in Health Education
It’s not rocket science In a recent article in the journal Medical Education, Dr. Glenn Regehr champions a radical rethink of education research. Drawing on insights and advances...
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Top 10 Inspiring Tools and Ideas for Educators and Presenters
What (and who) inspired me in 2012? As the calendar clicks over to 2013, it’s an opportune time to reflect on some of the inspiring tools and ideas that have engaged me over the...
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The most challenging class ever
Here’s what the ultimate teaching challenge might look like…and in the future it may be the rule rather than the exception A new book, Motivational Interviewing in Groups (Wagner...
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Blogging: A “Power Tool” for Reflective Practice?
Blogging can facilitate the convergence of reflection-in AND reflection-on Reflective practice is a cornerstone for continuous advancement as academic educators and scholars, and we...
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WikiMOOCS
Democratizing education may mean creating a strange and hybridized monster In principle, MOOCs embody the democratization of information and education: open access to leading...
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Perceived versus Actual Practice in Motivational Interviewing (MI)
“What I don’t know I don’t know” – That’s the most essential learning In nearly every course or workshop I teach on Motivational Interviewing (MI), there are nearly always...
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How to Write a Conference Abstract in 4 (kind of) Easy Steps
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein) Conference abstracts – a brief description of the research or skills that you plan to present...
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Paragogy and Heutagogy
Advances in education theory for a digital world This article is abbreviated from: Herie, M. (2013). Andragogy 2.0? Teaching and Learning in the Global Classroom: Heutagogy and...
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What Buddhism teaches about Knowledge Transfer (KT)
Bridging the research-practice gap At a recent conference I attended, one idea was especially ”sticky“: To know and not to use Is not yet to know (Buddhist saying)...
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Seven Essentials for 21st Century Education and Teaching
Stuff it took me 20 years to learn – and I’m still trying to figure out 1. Learning is volitional. It cannot be mandated. We can teach, but each person decides for him- or...
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10 Ways to Promote Learner Engagement
Learning is up to the learner, but teaching is up to the teacher It’s one thing to teach, and quite another to learn. Learning is up to the learner, not the teacher. Just like the old saying: “You...
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Higher Education’s Biggest Challenge?
education = meta-learning + change I’ve been looking at the 2015 NMC Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition, which charts the biggest near- and longer-term trends across the post-secondary...
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How the Digital Ocean is Transforming Education
“At the edge of the digital ocean” A recent publication titled Impacts of the Digital Ocean on Education (DiCerbo & Behrens, 2014) talks about our transition from “digital desert” (limited,...
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Top Trends in Higher Education: 2015
The Future of (Online) Learning I’ve been teaching a fully online graduate course for the past 13 years. It’s been interesting seeing the cutting-edge become mainstream (with some caveats). MOOCS...
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Education 3.0
The evolution of teaching and learning Whether implicit or explicit, we all have a theory of teaching and learning. This gets expressed and enacted in how we engage with our students, the tools we use...
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Top 10 Challenges – and Opportunities – Facing PSE
We are all students, and we are all teachers This past week I did a session for Northern College at their Faculty Development Conference reflecting on some of the key themes and opportunities for...
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