T-3: Are you ready?

The fall semester starts on Monday. Last time I wrote in July, when optimistically the College still thought it could bring back students and faculty and offer a mix of online, in-person, and hybrid courses. That all changed with an Continue Reading …

T-31: Fall 20

One month from now, we’re back in the swing of things with the start of the Fall semester; that’s when Muhlenberg College welcomes its students back on campus. Students can take their course load fully online, or with one of Continue Reading …

Day 46, 30 April

Planning ahead And that was the last day of classes for me for this semester. There is still the usual cleaning up: shepherding students through some projects, feedback/grading, managing extension on deadlines and a lot of incompletes (both of which Continue Reading …

Briefing April 30

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST DAY to request a W (withdrawal) or I (incomplete) is TODAY (April 30) I’m happy to grant you either, and work out a plan with you for an Incomplete. For an Incomplete, you are asked to Continue Reading …

Day 45, 29 April 2020

Sneak peek for the second edition of China’s Magical Creatures! The first edition has been openly available for a couple of months now, but the students have been working really hard and I will soon be able to release the Continue Reading …

Briefing April 29 (Wed.)

Good morning, historians of East Asia! Writing tip! I hope the writing is going smoothly! If it isn’t, here is an important task you should check in your assignments for my courses (and for other courses, too), that will get Continue Reading …

Day 44, 28 April 2020

Sneak peek: Korean history OER In two of my courses, students are working on Pressbooks chapters for an Open Education Resource. For Korean history, we could have ended up with something different, but the pandemic meant I felt I had Continue Reading …

Day 43, 27 April 2020

Broken promises, choices made (That sounds more dramatic than it is, I know!) I know I promised yesterday you’d get to hear more about the student projects that will make their way into the Pressbooks we’re creating, but I made Continue Reading …