Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...

A well-chosen notecard says something about you before the recipient even reads a word. The weight of the paper, the design ...

I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned.

Luxury pen maker Montblanc is known for its expensive, high-quality pens. Most are ink pens designed for writing on paper, but now the company is going digital with the launch of a new Montblanc ...