Comments on: What I Retained from Immersion 2006

By: Teaching for my own amusement

Teaching for my own amusement — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:38:06 +0000

[...] on purpose) but that I really think it’s ok to geek out a little in the classroom. That was one of the key things I learned at ACRL Immersion: being authentic is more important than being perfect, and students engage more with people who are [...]

By: Credo

Credo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:52:45 +0000

[...] that 2-3 learning goals is all you can do in an hour, but it’s one of the things that has really stuck with me and fundamentally changed the way I approach the [...]

By: Dragging a Stick and Other Obsurdities in Research

Dragging a Stick and Other Obsurdities in Research — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:05:53 +0000

[...] Authentically. This is, of course, directly related to what several of us learned when we attended Immersion. But it was reinforced in our own discussions about what works well and what doesn’t in our [...]

By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:34:24 +0000

I’ve said this to some of my colleagues, but I went through a period of really struggling with this. I almost felt irresponsible for leaving stuff out. Now I still struggle with the practicalities, but I finally actually believe the theory, so I work a lot harder at making it happen.

By: Stephanie Willen Br

Stephanie Willen Br — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:18:30 +0000

“You can get to 2-4 learning goals in a 50-minute session. Seriously. And usually more like 2 or 3.” — so true! Humbling to realize, but my teaching became much more effective after I really began to understand that.