LZ: Can you make it a little bit easier, perhaps find out how to improve that such that people could feel like they could have those kinds of conversations and collaboration inside the class. LZ: Bill Doctrine wrote a beautiful, beautiful blog post about his commencement musings that I asked and received permission to share on today's show. And so we're going to hear a little bit from Bill Doctrine on really his reflections on why we do what we do. There is a certain sadness in the celebrations of this time of year. The moment is a culmination of years of formal education. Some will go on to complete advanced degrees, but most will build a life solely on the foundation of the
Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak answer listener questions on episode 473 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Forgetting is the friend of learning.
-Bonni Stachowiak (quoting Robert Björk)
Our stated preferences aren’t always going to align with having sufficient challenge in that learning experience to produce deeper, more memorable learning.
-Bonni Stachowiak
Trust students.
-Bonni Stachowiak (quoting Jesse Stommel and many others)