Robert Talbert, PhD.

Engaged learning --- everyone talks about it, but what does the term, engagement, even mean? Does it mean anything? We take a look through an excerpt from a forthcoming literature review on activ...

http://roberttalbert.github.io/engaging-with-engagement/

While on sabbatical with Steelcase, I was involved in a project to re-envision the faculty office. Rather than seeing it go away, the faculty office will stick around: As a learning space.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/designing-the-future-faculty-office/

In this final post on lessons learned on sabbatical, I focus on the two fundamental forces of change in higher ed: people and culture.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/sabbatical-lessons-part-4/

Innovation: It's a word that higher education both loves and hates. What is innovation, and what did I learn in my sabbatical about it?

http://roberttalbert.github.io/sabbatical-lessons-part-3/

Higher education can learn a lot of things from industry. Here are three such things, especially the importance of agility.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/sabbatical-lessons-part-2/

Lesson 1 from my sabbatical: Business and higher education have more in common than we academics think.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/sabbatical-lesson-1/

I'm rolling out a 10-part series on the big takeaways from my sabbatical at Steelcase this year. This post sets this series up and gives a summary.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/sabbatical-lessons-what-i-did/

A key part of personal productivity and professional health is saying no to things occasionally. But will this put you in danger of not getting tenure?

http://roberttalbert.github.io/saying-no-getting-tenure/

Tired of working nights and weekends as a faculty member? The concept of fixed-schedule productivity might help.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/fixed-schedule-productivity-academia/

Inspiring and interesting stuff on education, technology, math, and productivity from around the web from this week.

http://roberttalbert.github.io/weekend-reads-2018-03-30/