Active Learning in Political Science Blog

Active Learning in Political Science receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award “It is my great pleasure to inform you that you and your Active Learning in Political Science colleagues are the recipients of the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award. This award i…

Let us share exciting news and maybe humble brag just a big? :)

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@amandamrosen.bsky.social has published a new and exciting book:
"Teaching Political Science: A Practical Guide for Instructors"

❗See her thoughts on it here:❗ activelearningps.com/2024/08/05/t...

❗Some exciting posts this past week on ALPS:❗

1. Chad Raymond's: Another Example of What AI Can Do activelearningps.com/2024/08/03/a...
2. Jeremy Moulton's On Writing Recommendation Letters
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Generative AI in the classroom Many contemporary conversations about innovations in teaching and learning will eventually touch on the same subject – AI and its place in higher education. There have already been some great…

New post by Jeremy Moulton: "Generative AI in the classroom"

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An epic slides debate happening on the ALPS blog:

Throwing down the gauntlet - @drpigeon.bsky.social: "My Hate/Hate relationship with Slides" - activelearningps.com/2024/06/19/m...

The response by Jeremy Moulton: "In defense of slides" - activelearningps.com/2024/06/20/i...

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❗Workshop: Pedagogies for Citizenship, Activism and Just Futures ❗

May 24, 2024 at UCL (10AM - 5PM)

Hosted by UCL' Climate Politics Cluster and UCL’s Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP).

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-pedago...

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Participatory research as active learning Over the last semester, I have been running a research project, funded by the University of York’s Learning and Teaching Fund, exploring assessment norms and innovations utilised on Politics and In…

New post by Jeremy Moulton: "Participatory research as active learning"

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Not Curving Grades, But “Smoothing the Edges” I don’t curve course grades; rather, I review every student’s grades one by one in a process I call “smoothing the edges.” I first check to see if the student’s grade …

New post by @drpigeon.bsky.social: "Not Curving Grades, But “Smoothing the Edges”

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A new by post Dr. Jeremy Moulton: "When the table turns: Experiencing active learning from the other side"

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Welcoming New Regular Columnist, Dr. Jeremy Moulton!

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New post by @amandamrosen.bsky.social: "Make Discussion More Inclusive with the Raised Block"

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❗Online panel event: Methods and Challenges in Teaching Political Theory (14 May, 11AM - 12:30PM UK Time)❗

Hosted by Teaching Political Theory Network and UCL’s Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP).

Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cddbe1...

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❗Online panel event: Teaching politics through games and simulations (1 May, 3.30 – 5.00pm)❗

Hosted by the UCL Center for the Pedagogy of Politics and featuring @simonusherwood.bsky.social and @amandamrosen.bsky.social.

Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ebe0a4...

A new post by @simonusherwood.bsky.social : "How to use Powerpoint in your teaching"

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A new post by @drpigeon.bsky.social: "The Mercy and Consequences of Assignment Extensions"

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A new post by Chad Raymond: "You Can’t Go Home Again?*"

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❗Online Event Alert❗

The UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics is hosting an online panel on February 5th: "Liberating the politics curriculum: theory and practice" (3.30 - 5.00PM GMT)

Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e593f6...

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A new guest post by @summermarion.bsky.social: "A Crowdsourced IR Playlist"

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A new post by John-Paul Salter (UCL): "Behold: my newly-reworked module"

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A new post by @amandamrosen.bsky.social: "Wargaming for Learning: A robust examination of how educational gaming adds value to traditional instructional techniques"

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Meet the ALPS Blog team! As part of our new ALPS set-up, we’re trying to get out more to meet up with colleagues, talking active learning and sustaining our community.

See the link below for our regularly updated list of events where you can find us!

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A new post by @drpigeon.bsky.social: "Create an Authoritarian State!"

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A new post by @simonusherwood.bsky.social: "How do you get students to do something they haven’t done before?"

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A new post from @drcathyelliott.bsky.social: "Evaluation or dialogue: how to listen to students?"

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A new post from @drjostojski.bsky.social: "How to handle Student Evaluations"

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A new post by @simonusherwood.bsky.social: "How do you make sense of a country’s politics?"

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A new post by @simonusherwood.bsky.social: "Joined-up thinking and British universities"

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A new post by @drjostojski.bsky.social: "Podcasting in Class: Course planning for Spring 2024"

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A new post by @amandamrosen.bsky.social: "Scholars are Practitioners…in the classroom."

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A new post @drpigeon.bsky.social: "Hasty thoughts on AI in the Classroom"

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