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Currently reading Gourlay (2015) on “‘Student engagement’ and the tyranny of participation”

February 14, 2026

Very intrigued by that title, especially since I just wrote about student engagement as something positive, that all universities claim to want! Gourlay (2015) describes that traditionally, student engagement is…

Currently reading Loughlin (2025) on “Building higher education: the tension between espoused educational values and physical infrastructure”

February 14, 2026

Why is it that even though most people agree (and most university policies state) that active student engagement is desirable, there are still large lecture theatres being built? Loughlin (2025)…

“The construction of meaning through vital engagement” (Nakamura & Csikzentmihalyi, 2003)

March 27, 2024

My awesome colleague and critical friend Peter sent me an article on “vital engagement”, which he has been talking about for a while and which I can very much relate…

Just published: Co-Creating Learning in Oceanography

December 15, 2021

Kjersti and I just had an article published: “Co-Creating Learning in Oceanography” (Glessmer & Daae, 2021)! In this article, we discuss ways in which to share responsibility for learning between…

Students as partners as a threshold concept for students and teachers?

December 9, 2021

One of my goals as a teacher is to change culture towards responsibility for student learning being shared equally between teachers and students. This is an idea that is met…

Kaur & Noman (2020): A study applying self-determination theory on Students as Partners

December 9, 2021

I love using self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000) as a framework against which I check all teaching I develop. Is it even possible for students to feel competence, autonomy,…

Using rubrics

November 18, 2021

I’ve been a fan of working with rubrics for a long time, but somehow I don’t seem to have blogged about it. So here we go! Rubrics are basically tables…

Small groups work on shared artefacts

November 17, 2021

Participation in shared production of artefacts is a great way to learn in a community, because putting things on paper (or, as we will see later, on online slides or…

Including missing topics that students suggest

November 16, 2021

I’ve been talking about the importance of leaving room for topics that students are really interested in for a long time. Today, I want to tell you about my first…

Guest post by Kjersti Daae: Using voting cards to increase student activity and promote discussions and critical thinking

November 16, 2021

I got permission to publish Kjersti Daae‘s iEarth conversation on teaching (with Torgny Roxå and myself in April 2021) on my blog! Thanks, Kjersti :-) Here we go: I teach…

Letting students choose the format of their assessment

November 8, 2021

I just love giving students choice: It instantly makes them more motivated and engaged! Especially when it comes to big and important tasks like assessments. One thing that I have…

Learning together across courses — our iSSOTL presentation

November 4, 2021

Last week, Kjersti Daae and I gave a virtual presentation at the iSSOTL conference, and here is a short summary. We presented an ongoing teaching innovation project, funded by Olsen…

Need your help! “Wish list” for a student lab for tank experiments?

January 5, 2019

I’d love your input: If your student lab for GFD tank experiments had to downsize, but you had to present a “wish list” for a smaller replacement, what would be…

Collection of hydraulic jumps. By Mirjam S. Glessmer

Ask your students to take a picture to help them connect theoretical lecture content to the reality of their everyday life

April 30, 2016

“Ask your students to take a picture to help them connect theoretical lecture content to the reality of their everyday life”! This is the title of a post I wrote…

Tag: student engagement

Currently reading Gourlay (2015) on “‘Student engagement’ and the tyranny of participation”

Currently reading Loughlin (2025) on “Building higher education: the tension between espoused educational values and physical infrastructure”

“The construction of meaning through vital engagement” (Nakamura & Csikzentmihalyi, 2003)

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

Just published: Co-Creating Learning in Oceanography

Students as partners as a threshold concept for students and teachers?

Kaur & Noman (2020): A study applying self-determination theory on Students as Partners

Using rubrics

Small groups work on shared artefacts

Including missing topics that students suggest

Guest post by Kjersti Daae: Using voting cards to increase student activity and promote discussions and critical thinking

Letting students choose the format of their assessment

Learning together across courses — our iSSOTL presentation

Need your help! “Wish list” for a student lab for tank experiments?

Ask your students to take a picture to help them connect theoretical lecture content to the reality of their everyday life

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