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Settling Is Bullshit34 | Reflective Practices and Living Intentionally with Dr. John Miles, PhDWhy do we do the things we do? And, more importantly, why do we keep doing them? Taking the time to reflect – to slow down, look back, and ask ourselves whether the path we’ve been on is the one we want to stay on – helps us be the person we want to be.In this conversation with Dr. John Miles, a writing professor and academic assessment specialist (and my former boss), we talk about the importance of reflective practices to help us move from living on autopilot to living intentionally. Since John and I are bo...
2025-02-201h 02
Create. Share. Engage.Jonathan Murphy: Demonstrate skills and competenciesJonathan Murphy, FCA, is Head of the Apprenticeship Department at Griffith College in Ireland and is passionate about portfolios for his degree apprentices but would also take it beyond his own department. In his interview, Jonathan outlines who students at Griffith College use portfolios, demonstrate and track their skills and competencies and how the portfolio helps bridge the apprenticeship with the academic rigour.Click through to the episode notes for the transcript.Connect with Jonathan on LinkedInResourcesGriffith College case studyUniversal Design for LearningFundamentals of SmartEvidenceMore power...
2024-09-1739 min
Create. Share. Engage.Kathleen Blake Yancey: Heuristics for meaningful portfoliosDr Kathleen Blake Yancey (Emerita Professor at Florida State University) has contributed to ePortfolio research and practice for many years through her numerous publications, presentations, and workshops. In this interview she looks back at some of that practice, with a particular focus on portfolio heuristics and how they differ from templates.Connect with Kathy on LinkedInResourcesKathy's web page at Florida State University and her Wikipedia entryKathy's 2022 Batson Lecture 'Tracing Learning in ePortfolios'Guest edited volume on portfolios: Computers and Composition, Vol 13, Issue 2, 1996Yancey, K. (Ed.). (2019). ePortfolio as curriculum: Models...
2023-12-0538 min
TeachWriteAssessmentWe discuss assessment, looking at e-portfolios and other aspects of assessment. We pay particular attention to activities of reflection. Texts take up include: Yancey, Kathleen Blake, editor. ePortfolio as Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students’ ePortfolio Literacy. First edition, Stylus Publishing, 2019. Music: “Sun Says Yes” by spinningmerkaba
2023-11-3000 min
PedagogueEpisode 106: Kathleen Blake YanceyIn this episode, Kathleen Blake Yancey talks about her first experience teaching writing, offers advice for first-time teachers, describes a philosophy of reading and responding to student writing, discusses waves in writing assessment research and theory, and teaching for transfer.
2022-03-3033 min
Plugs, Play, PedagogyLocations of WritingHow is our composing and teaching affected by the places we inhabit?
Plugs, Play, Pedagogy
Episode 6: Locations of Writing
Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you have ideas for future episodes, please contact me!
Transcript is available here.
In the September 2014 issue of College Composition and Communication, editor Kathleen Blake Yancey opened a special issue on locations of writing with ten vignettes--short reflective pieces where authors considered the meanings of the places...
2015-02-0138 min