Understanding IRB requirements with regard to SoTL
By: Medha Dalal
Erik Williams and his colleagues from the Office of Research Integrity joined us to talk about the IRB process for educational research, specifically classroom research.
Crashing through castles and other robot adventures
Rolling spherical robots through a challenging obstacle course provided entertainment for participants of the ASU Homecoming Block Party.
The next iteration of cross-staff design
By: Christina Ngo
The Design Initiatives team wouldn’t be the Design Initiatives team if we didn’t also prototype on ourselves, and test new ways of doing the work we do.
Technology, design and OofSI at E-Learn 2018
By: Punya Mishra
Most of the work that we do at the Office of Scholarship and Innovation at the Teachers College is practical and pragmatic—working with school districts through our community design model, reimagining what university technology labs can be, supporting faculty in their research and scholarship.
SoTL workshop on design aspects
By: Medha Dalal
The 3rd of the four planned Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) meetings took place on Friday, 26th October.
SPRKs fly!
By: Claire Gilbert
Seeing kids get excited about technology is a uniquely fun experience. While tablets and smartphones are no longer novelties, the same can’t be said of robots. Specifically, robots driving through globs of paint—simply put, kids love it. (Who wouldn’t?)
Dear student teachers
By: Lisa Wyatt
As part of a semester-long pilot program, ASU teacher candidates in the Washington district are using design thinking to address school challenges.
Miami / Globe video update
By: Punya Mishra
I had posted earlier about the work our Design Initiatives team is involved with at Miami Junior-Senior High School. Essentially the entire faculty and leadership at the school have taken on the challenge of re-imagining the 7/8 curriculum through an integrated historical lens.
Action Lab joins the SOTL conversation
By: Medha Dalal
This past Friday members of Action Lab (ALAB) and EdPlus joined MLFTC faculty to extend the conversation around the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Teachers College.
One year progress report
By: Punya Mishra
I have been at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College for two years now (actually two years and a month, but who is counting). In many ways this has been an incredible two years, a period of personal and professional growth and an opportunity to truly engage with some of most difficult and challenging issues facing education today.
The blue kitten
By: Lisa Wyatt
Asking people to build index card towers tells you a lot about them.
Kickoff meeting for SoTL
By: Medha Dalal
A key part of the work we do in the Scholarly Initiatives team is supporting the wide range of scholarship conducted by faculty at the College.
MLFTC cross-staff design workshop recap
By: Christina Ngo
#OofSI’s Design Initiatives team hosted a group of MLFTC staff on the Polytechnic Campus for a workshop around the design process.
Do androids dream of teaching kids
By: Stephanie McBride-Schreiner
Robots and robotics are mainstays of science fiction, and for many of us, belong to the somewhat distant realm of some futuristic societies that we read about in novels or watch on T.V. or in movies.
Educational Technology Champion interviews completed
By: Melissa McGehee
We recently completed a round of interviews for IgnitED Lab’s Educational Technology Champions.