My experience as a contestant on ABC’s new game show “Holey Moley” On Thursday, August 22, I’ll be featured as a contestant on ABC’s extreme mini golf game show “Holey Moley”, featuring NBA star Stephen Curry. On this show, I compete against 11 other contestan... 
Viktor Frankl and the Search for Meaning If you're feeling stressed or anxious, consider the work of Viktor Frankl, who taught us that finding meaning in life is our most important quest: Viktor Frankl: Doctor prescribed the meaning of life - Big ... 
Podcast: Pedagogue Today I'd like to highlight Shane A. Wood's podcast: Pedagogue. Pedagogue is a podcast about teachers talking writing, dedicated to building a supportive community, committed to facilitating convers... 
Pedagogue Podcast: Advice to First-Time Teachers August Greetings! I’m writing to let you know about Pedagogue, a podcast project hosted by Shane Wood. Shane’s project is to create short episodes exploring a single topic about composition teaching or res... 
Customize Your LaunchPad with Curriculum Solutions Interested in incorporating LaunchPad into your curriculum but want to customize it to meet your needs? Macmillan Learning Curriculum Solutions is here to help. Our dedicated custom team will tailor your chosen Launch... 
Annotated Bibliography Assignment by Misty Fuller, Bedford New Scholar 2019 Length: 750 words per person Percent towards grade: 10% Due: Due March 11, in class: Full draft (5%) Due: March 13, in class: Final submission (5%) ... 
Bedford New Scholars Assignment Ideas Each year, our Bedford New Scholars advisory board of graduate teaching assistants shares their Assignments that Work — assignments that have proven especially effective, engaging, or inno... 
Celebrating Women's Equality Day! (8.26.19) On behalf of the Diversity & Inclusion Council at Macmillan Learning, we invite you to celebrate Women’s Equality Day this Monday, August 26th! After nationwide women’s rights marches in the 19... 
A Grace Period Update Recently, several colleagues have asked me about my grace period, which is part of my late policy on student work. Their interest encouraged me to write an update on how it’s been working. I began using a grace ... 
BLOG: Strategies for Improving the Impact of First-Year Student Data With average attrition costs at nearly $10 million per institution, improving student retention rates, especially from the first to second year, can have a significant impact on institutional budgets and resource allo... 
Recommended Student Learning Outcomes for Intro Psych The American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs, at the behest of the Committee on Associate and Baccalaureate Education, convened a working group under the title Introductory Psychology In... 
A final course review: The top ten list Several years ago, back when I was still giving in-class exams, I was convinced by Roddy Roediger to give a comprehensive final exam. By asking students to review the course material one more time by studying for the ... Need lesson plan ideas Teaching General Psychology class 
Intro to Lit advice Hi everyone, I'm teaching Intro to Literature this fall but haven't taught it in a long time. I usually teach composition courses and feel I'm a bit out of touch with what would be great texts to use as ... 
BLOG | Beyond the Hype of Big Data in Education Last week, our Learning Science and Insights team released a whitepaper, "Beyond the Hype of Big Data in Education". In it, our team of learning designer researchers and data scientists outline how data can be used re... 
BLOG | With CARE and Consideration: Why Being a Good Partner Matters The expansion of open educational resources (OER) in higher education has led to a rush of commercial companies looking to provide OER-related services. Many if not most of these companies have brought products to mar... 
BLOG | OER in the News It’s an exciting time to be exploring Open Educational Resources (OER), and we wanted to share some great articles that recently caught our eye: The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student... 
BLOG | NEW OER Content in Intellus Learning We update and augment our Intellus Learning content library every month to make it the most current and comprehensive OER catalog possible. Here are some of the most recent additions to our platform: 2012 Book ...