by Trey Shirley | May 2, 2016 | Adams Blog
As we prepare to submit the final draft of ACU’s Self Report Document to the NCAA, ACU’s NCAA Steering Committee requests faculty feedback on the Self Report as it currently stands. Please note that the formatting of the report is not complete, so we are...
by Trey Shirley | Apr 13, 2016 | Adams Blog
First and last classes are the bookends that hold a semester together. How can we finish the semester with the same energy we had at the start? A few ideas: Source: The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count
by Trey Shirley | Apr 6, 2016 | Adams Blog, Summer Institute
Given the centrality of food in Christian practice and imagination, what might it mean to “eat well” in our teaching, learning, and scholarship? How might eating as a metaphor enlarge our thoughts and shape the ways we organize our classrooms, plan our syllabi,...
by Trey Shirley | Mar 11, 2016 | Adams Blog
In February, 2016, I worked with Dr. Alexander Romiszowski of Syracuse University in writing a series of articles about personalized learning for World Innovation Summit for Education’s Ed Review. In this series we put the much-hyped personalized learning in...
by Trey Shirley | Mar 8, 2016 | Adams Blog
One significant but rarely discussed issue with online teaching is that both teachers and students could have a “reading overload.” Appropriate use of online teaching tools and media components help to address this problem. In a recent Adams Center session for...
by Trey Shirley | Feb 25, 2016 | Adams Blog, My Best Lecture
In the fall of 2014, the Adams Center began our popular “My Best Lecture” series, which spotlights faculty presenting on a topic that excites them and engages their students. The series connects colleagues across the university to engage meaningful conversations and...
