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Here is how to really mess up your own learning, according to science: put your faith in fluency. "Fluency" is the term cognitive...

Erik Foley
- Jan 15, 2019
The College Brain: Why Sustainability Must Be Taught During this Critical Period
What is so special about college? Or more to the point: what is happening in the brains of 18 - 24 year olds that makes college such an...


Erik Foley
- Jul 11, 2018
Register now! Faculty Sustainability Workshop
(Sustainability Institute Press Release) Penn State's Sustainability Institute will host a workshop to develop sustainability coursework...


Erik Foley
- Jun 6, 2018
From Lurking to Learning: 5 Keys to Student Engagement Online
As someone who relies (maybe too much) on charisma, improvisation and high-levels of student engagement...this probably will be painful....


Erik Foley
- Jun 5, 2018
Serving Generations: Teaching Gen Z, Executive Education for Millenials and Gen X, Baby Boomer Donor
My 18 year old son watches the NBA Finals with me while on his phone. Is he even paying attention? He blurts out observations about the...

Erik Foley
- Jun 1, 2018
Step 4: Crunch the Numbers (Part 2 of 2)
1. Calculate Return on Investment (ROI) As we have been restating, you must constantly be checking with your organization to use the...

Erik Foley
- May 31, 2018
Step 4: Crunch the Numbers (Part 1 of 2)
Finally, I get back to this....the business case for sustainability. People talk about it all the time but few know what it really...


Erik Foley
- May 17, 2018
The 8 Things Digital Natives Really Want from Faculty
Excerpt from Teaching Digital Natives by Marc Prensky, entrepreneur, inventor and author who originally coined the term "digital native"...

Erik Foley
- Mar 21, 2018
Step 3: Construct the Case
Finally, I get back to this....the business case for sustainability. People talk about it all the time but few know what it really...

Erik Foley
- Mar 6, 2018
Step 2: Knowing Your Audience and the Business Case Graveyard
We are learning how to build a business case for sustainability in five steps: Prepare Know your audience Construct the Case Crunch the...

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