Office Chat: Differentiated Instruction

It is often beneficial to step back from our current processes and look at what we do through the lens of others - from a different perspective. Just as inventions developed for space exploration have been adapted for use in our daily lives we in distance learning can benefit by looking into the common practices of educators in other areas.

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Office Chats

A new feature on the Online Learning blog is a series of informal conversations with faculty on teaching and learning online. Our first chat asks Dr. Mukesh Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, for his understanding of social constructivism as applies to professional students at the University of Mary Washington College of Graduate and Professional Studies.

The video is available from the “Featured Video” section on the right of the blog home page or directly from YouTube or shown below:
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Life is Good at UMW

You gotta’ love John McPherson’s Close to Home comics*.  The guy has got some insight!

But sometimes, life really is good! And life is wonderful at the University of Mary Washington.
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