Higher Education
Thoughts on Teaching Older Students
What do when someone possesses a great deal of professional experience.
Tag: ASU
Thoughts on my former employer: the largest public university in the US.
Collaboration
Lessons From Slack's Origins
A pox on you if you think that the idea behind the popular collaboration tool was someone's master plan.
Analytics
Why I Often Answer Analytics Students' Questions With Questions
Thoughts on the Socratic method, critical thinking, and providing too much guidance.
Higher Education
Traits and Skills of Effective Professors
Thoughts on common characteristics at people who are really good at this job.
Higher Education
Why I Teach
My motivations behind my choice of vocations.
Analytics
Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems
Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.
Higher Education
The Case for Early Student Evaluations
How feedback at the start of the semester can help nip issues in the bud.
Analytics
Four Sites That I Recommend to My Analytics Students
Those who can effectively incorporate data and analytics into their writing are poised to prosper.
Analytics
Three of My Favorite In-class Exercises
A few of the ways that I try to make learning as active as possible.
Higher Education
Why I Have Never Visited My Rate My Professor Page
And why I never will.
Analytics
Why I'm Switching to Canvas This Summer
I'm all in on ASU's new learning management system.
Collaboration
Tools of a Tech-Savvy Professor
These applications and tchotchkes make my life quite a bit easier.
Analytics
Three Ways to Manage Capstone Projects
Looking at the different approaches to impart knowledge.
Analytics
Visualizing Flows
Sankey diagrams can display data in very interesting ways.
Communication
Slack Channels of a College Professor
How I separate communication with my students and keep myself sane in the process.
Faves
Courses I Would Love to Teach
If I could wave my magic wand ...
Analytics
Dataviz: Interactivity Increases Understanding
A few more minutes of development can pay off in spades.
Analytics
Reflections on 2017
Thoughts on an enormously turbulent year.