October 15, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesA couple of things inspired this post… I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how difficult it is for someone outside of the student-teacher relationship to really see the teaching that’s happening. For example, I have a colleague who observes … Continue reading
October 10, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOnly through the humanities can we prepare leaders of empathy, imagination, and understanding—responsive and responsible leaders who embrace complexity and diversity. – Peter Solovey, President of Yale I beg to differ. Beautiful as the humanities are, this quote gives them … Continue reading
September 30, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesWe might ask ourselves as faculty development professionals, do we offer programs that incorporate the processes that enable deeper understanding, discovery, or transformative change? Are we aiming for increasing knowledge and skills as primary program outcomes, but falling short of … Continue reading
September 29, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been asked to give a f2f workshop to young(ish) enterprising ppl interested in education. As far as I understand, this doesn’t mean they’re entrepreneurs, but rather people who care about education and would like to make a difference. I … Continue reading
September 5, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve got another blogpost in draft for DAYS now and I’ll get back to it eventually. Inshallah But this one. I NEED to write this one. As I prepare for my OEPS keynote next week (virtual) and have had to … Continue reading
August 30, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday I lost my patience Today I saw this tweet by Jesse Stommel on how patience is pedagogical (check out the whole thread on empathy for students as well). https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/902664547378528256 So what happened yday is that after a full day … Continue reading
July 12, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesI had a really interesting and enriching working day today. I was asked to (for the second time) offer a workshop on critical pedagogy for an NGO. The participants are, like, interns training to be social workers for orphanages in … Continue reading
July 5, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSo a colleague and I were working on some team-building activities for an upcoming work thing. We both really enjoy this kind of thing, and we explored some useful sites (this one’s good for light activities, this one’s great for complex serious ones about … Continue reading
July 3, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the problems of working on social media about things that tackle issues of inclusion and participation, and talking about hospitality and stuff…is that at some point, people tend to expect more of you than you could ever possibly … Continue reading
May 19, 2017
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 5 minutesIf the rose at noon has lost the beauty it had at dawn, the beauty it had then was real. Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more … Continue reading