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Preparing my course “Teaching for Sustainability” with the support of Noah (2025)’s brilliant book

August 5, 2025

In preparation for this fall’s online course on “Teaching for Sustainability“, I was looking into what kind of methods I want to model. And then — perfect timing — I…

Currently reading up on Classroom Assessment Techniques

August 4, 2025

I’m currently preparing several courses and this book “Classroom Assessment Techniques” has been on my “to read during the summer” pile since last summer or so… So it was about…

Reading “Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar” by Bosanquet & Harvey (2005), and checking out their MOOC

February 21, 2025

I have always liked online learning, and ever since my first MOOC experiences (with the “Evidence-based undergraduate STEM teaching” MOOC on Coursera back in 2015, which set me on the…

Currently reading: “Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice” (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006)

September 2, 2022

Somehow a print of the “Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice” (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006) article ended up on my desk. I don’t…

Reflections on the GeoLearning Forum 2021

November 1, 2021

On October 21. and 22., I attended the fourth iEarth GeoLearning Forum (GLF). The GLF is an opportunity for geoscience teachers and students from all over Norway to meet up and…

Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group

August 17, 2018

Using technology to enable active engagement with content in a large lecture. In 2014, I presented the paper “Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group” at the SEFI…

Activating the backchannel

November 24, 2014

Using technology to enable active engagement with content in a large lecture. I have recently presented the paper “Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group” at the SEFI…

Asking students to tell us about “the muddiest point”

November 17, 2014

Getting feedback on what was least clear in a course session. A classroom assessment technique that I like a lot is “the muddiest point”. It is very simple: At the…

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Preparing my course “Teaching for Sustainability” with the support of Noah (2025)’s brilliant book

Currently reading up on Classroom Assessment Techniques

Reading “Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar” by Bosanquet & Harvey (2005), and checking out their MOOC

Recommended reading: “Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity” (Tanner, 2013)

Currently reading: “Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice” (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006)

Reflections on the GeoLearning Forum 2021

Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group

Activating the backchannel

Asking students to tell us about “the muddiest point”

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