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Event and Interview

June 23, 2021 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized

Planning to get back to a run-down of high-leverage practices next week, but if you are eager to learn more faster I’ll be doing a webinar on the topic next Tuesday, June 28th, with my colleagues at Nimblywise. You can register for the event here. And for those who can’t get enough critical-thinking talk, here’s […]

Breaking 100

September 21, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Uncategorized

Just hit 100 Amazon ratings for Critical Thinking from MIT Press!

Purple

September 3, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Uncategorized

A new documentary called #Purple by the non-profit organization Resetting the Table teaches that even irreconcilable political differences do not need to divide us. @Resettingtable

Learning Innovation and the Low Density University

August 21, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized

A new podcast is up over at New Books Network: Description: Despite stereotypes of colleges and universities still stuck in the age of the blackboard and sage-on-stage lectures, a quiet revolution has been taking place on America’s campuses led by a diverse group of learning innovators.  Digital technology is one catalyst for this “turn to […]

More Dewey, More Critical Thinking

August 13, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized

The second half of that Partially Examined Life podcast discussion of the educational philosophy of John Dewey just went up. You can listen to the first half here. Also, I was able to get enough signal while on vacation to join the team at Thinking Clearly, a critical-thinking show on KMUD radio in California, to […]

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