Author: Shane Lanning (they/them)

Bringing the Future of Higher Education to the Here and Now

November 30, 2022 by Shane Lanning (they/them)

In a time of rapid change, these tactics can help higher education faculty “center the needs of the students” and “ensure equitable and inclusive experiences.” For the past few months, I have been thinking about the future of higher education. Recently, I have learned from books like the Great Upheaval and at conferences like OLC […]

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Leveraging User Personas for Course Design

November 9, 2022 by Shane Lanning (they/them)

Learn how a tool from user experience design can help inform student-centered and empathetic course design. User personas are a tool for user experience design to help make products with the specific users at the center. While I’m not advocating for a view of higher education that sees students as consumers and courses as products, […]

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Reframing the Collective Disdain for Group Work

October 19, 2022 by Shane Lanning (they/them)

With some work and intentionality, we can begin to chip away at the negative group work narrative and reframe it in a positive light. Who loves group work? No one apparently. Yet, we continue to push for its use in our classrooms as we all, teachers and students, grumble about our dissatisfaction with group projects. […]

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