In the 21st century, instruction, as a holistic activity to support learning (demonstrable mastery), has evolved into a complex, multi-layered activity that involves multiple specializations and functions. If individual instructors struggled in the past to excel at the various roles they were asked to fulfill in their teaching, they find it impossible to be everything students require in today’s digitally informed learning environments.At TEL, we’re rethinking and redesigning course instructi...

Many would argue that hands-on, experiential learning is the ideal way to help people acquire new knowledge and skills. It’s certainly how most of us have obtained much of the valuable knowledge we use daily. And, it seems particularly valuable as we look at teaching the skills and literacies required for the modern workforce.In this podcast, I explore the potential of experiential learning as well as the challenges it can present. I also discuss briefly a new initiative at TEL to provide ope...

There is a growing number of financial analysis saying that 2020 is looking better and better for a good old fashioned recession.Analysts at UBS say the risk of recession or at least major contraction in the economy has shot up to 73%.Last month, Business Insider asked dozens of Wall Street experts and analysts about the most important trends in markets right now. One idea addressed multiple times from varying perspectives was the likelihood of a recession in 2020.But what would a reces...

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