This week's tip comes from Inside Higher Ed, and features an interview with the authors of the book "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives." John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's comments on the habits and learning styles of the so-called "digital natives," as well as their thoughts on how libraries need to shift to adapt, are thought-provoking. The full interview can be found here.

(Thanks to Michelle Wilde for catching this interesting interview!)

FYI, Palfrey and Gasser's book is an outgrowth of their work on Harvard's ongoing Digital Natives project; they have a fascinating web site that includes a blog, wiki, and much more information about the project itself.

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What defines successful teaching? This week's Master Teacher Tip of the Week comes from TILT, and identifies"Six Key Attributes of Successful Teaching." You can find it online here:

http://tilt.colostate.edu/mti/tips/tip.cfm?tipid=89

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This week's tip of the week comes from Professor Doug Hoffman in the College of Business. Last year he asked students in one of his marketing classes to identify the most disruptive in-class behaviors committed by faculty/instructors. To see the results of his (admittedly unscientific) survey, go to:
http://tilt.colostate.edu/mti/tips/tip.cfm?tipid=73

Hoffman also asked both fellow faculty members and students to list their top five "pet peeves" re: disruptive in-class behaviors committed by students. Those survey results can be found at the following URL:
http://tilt.colostate.edu/mti/tips/tip.cfm?tipid=71

Both surveys provide food for thought!

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This week's Master Teacher Tip of the Week comes from TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design: http://www.ted.com/index.php/). TED started in 1984 as a conference that brings together individuals from these three interrelated areas. Today, TED invites some of the world's most interesting people to give an 18-minute speech sharing their best ideas. One of the 10 most popular TED speeches is from Sir Ken Robinson, who gives a thought-provoking presentation titled, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"

If you have a few spare minutes to listen, Robinson's alternately humorous and serious comments on education, thought, creativity, and intelligence will get you thinking.

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