The Syllabus is a Lie: Spring Semester Shake-down
When I was a college student in Iowa I traveled around a fair amount moving between home and campus. The roads in Iowa wind and twist through the natural rise and fall of the landscape. If you have only ever seen Iowa from I-80 you’re really missing some of the most beautiful scenery in the [...]
Active Learning: The Student Generated Syllabus
I had been hearing the term “student generated course content” off and on for about a year when last fall rolled around. The idea had intrigued me but I was having some trouble wrapping my brain around just exactly how it would work, let alone how students would respond to it. It was fortuitous then, [...]


