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You’ll find the latest from the Adams Center staff here at the Adams Blog. The content varies, but the subject is always the same: teaching and learning.
Adams Center Learning Feast and Festival
Each new semester brings a chance to try new approaches in your courses: we get the opportunity to rethink how we present material, connect with students and content, or assess learning. Join us for our Spring Semester kickoff on Friday, January 15 for a Learning...
Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children
Drawing from her recent book, Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children, Dr. Shewmaker reveals the glaring truth behind the sexualized media culture, and provides practical solutions to helping children/teens and communities navigate these media messages that can...
Holy Hospitality: Following the Call of Jesus to Welcome ALL Children with Dana Pemberton
We all know the passages. Whoever welcomes a child in my name welcomes me." Let the little children come to me . . for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God Belongs. And yet, we often struggle in our churches and children's ministries to welcome many of the...
Social media and student self-regulation: Can they coexist?
We often blame technology and social media for distraction, lack of social skills, etc. Is it possible, however, to leverage the power of social media to facilitate learning communities outside of the classroom? In this presentation, Stephen Baldridge looks at the...
The Idea of the University: Pursuing Wisdom in an Information Age: Critical Reflection on Newman's Idea of a University
We live in a world with unprecedented access to vast quantities of information. In one sense, we feel more connected through social media and various technological advances. At the tap of a finger, the requested pieces of information are readily available. Yet, such...
Houston Heflin researches HeadsUp as a technology tool in collaborative learning environments
The Adams Center would like to recognize faculty who have exhibited extraordinary teaching, scholarship and service. We want to congratulate faculty members for their hard work, achievements and advancements in their field. This month we are spotlighting Houston...
My Best Lecture: Tom Lee
How are community dynamics shaped by ecological change and the interacting of human and natural histories? Tom Lee discusses what he learned from 14 summers spent in Northern Michigan, studying rodent populations in bogs and old growth white pine forests. Watch this...
Terry Baggs and Denise Barnett publish research on cognitive variables and graduate program success
The Adams Center would like to recognize faculty who have exhibited extraordinary teaching, scholarship and service. We want to congratulate faculty members for their hard work, achievements and advancements in their field. This month we are spotlighting Terry Baggs...
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