{"id":742,"date":"2007-12-12T00:13:06","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T00:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/12\/transforming-our-thoughts-about-teaching\/"},"modified":"2007-12-12T00:15:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T00:15:33","slug":"transforming-our-thoughts-about-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/12\/transforming-our-thoughts-about-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming our thoughts about teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JX3VmDgiFnY&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This wonderful little video (produced by some U of M Twin Cities mathematicians) has apparently been viewed over 1 million times now, which is a lot more views than it would ever get in class.  I frequently run into faculty that are very intent on holding on to their teaching ideas and techniques, and certainly not sharing them openly with the world.  They see those ideas as &#8220;their property&#8221;, to be guarded and controlled as much as possible.  It&#8217;s a weird attitude, because almost none of them will ever see any money from those ideas, and the potential for wider viewing and usage is just <em>so<\/em> much greater if they open up (as in this case).<\/p>\n<p>A good video like this takes a lot of time to produce, but faculty often put in huge hours on their lectures, labs, and demonstrations.  Get it out there!<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/creative-commons\/\" title=\"Creative Commons\">Creative Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/education\/\" title=\"Education\">Education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/mathematics\/\" title=\"Mathematics\">Mathematics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/open-education\/\" title=\"open education\">open education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/open-source\/\" title=\"open source\">open source<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/teaching\/\" title=\"teaching\">teaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/university-of-minnesota\/\" title=\"University of Minnesota\">University of Minnesota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/video\/\" title=\"Video\">Video<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/12\/we-invest-in-research-but-what-about-teaching\/\" title=\"We invest in research, but what about teaching? (12 May 10)\">We invest in research, but what about teaching?<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/02\/theyre-onlywhat20-years-late\/\" title=\"They&#8217;re only&#8230;what&#8230;20 years late? (2 Mar 08)\">They&#8217;re only&#8230;what&#8230;20 years late?<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This wonderful little video (produced by some U of M Twin Cities mathematicians) has apparently been viewed over 1 million times now, which is a lot more views than it would ever get in class. I frequently run into faculty that are very intent on holding on to their teaching ideas and techniques, and certainly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/12\/transforming-our-thoughts-about-teaching\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transforming our thoughts about teaching&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,17,22,15,28],"tags":[154,868,871,155,104,156,157,876],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-bY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":796,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/02\/18\/feel-free-to-smack-him-for-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":742,"position":0},"title":"Feel free to smack him for me","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"18 Feb 08","format":false,"excerpt":"It actually took me a second to get it - how annoying that a web comic would actually be subtle enough to challenge a little :-).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":987,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/05\/28\/huge-props-to-kindergarten-teachers\/","url_meta":{"origin":742,"position":1},"title":"Huge props to kindergarten teachers","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"28 May 09","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm completely exhausted. 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