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I thought a long time (and spent a long time) on this session, which is why week 4 is sort of over and I’ve spilled over into the start of week 5. The reason for such a delay is that I spent literally hours pouring over images that “spoke” to me. I love embedding images into slides, and now my blog and our DUT wiki . But here comes the big news – I don’t own a digital camera and rely on friends, istock or some other source to get my photos or images. And now I’ve found Flickr and WOW a whole new world has opened up for me. Judith gave me an idea when I saw the images on her blog The Body, Mind & Spirit Connection’ Judith gave some of her photos a label that is linked to education. This got me onto a notion that I could represent Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education via abstraction (meaning most likely that no one have a clue how I came to think link a particular image to a particular principle ah, my mind works in strange ways). I started out by selecting 7 watercolors via istock and feeling that I had just what I wanted. Then of course I was required to go to Flickr. So in the end all 7 photos used for this juxtaposition (i.e. principle + image) were found on Flickr through a Creative Commons search in Krossbow's photostream in a series called Holiday Lights. I realize that the photos are totally out of season, however Hasan’s wonderfully hilarious blog post A Journey to the Land of Canada got me thinking winter wonderland all over again!

So away we go: Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

Principle #1: Encourages student-faculty contact.

Principle #2: Encourages cooperation among students.

Principle #3: Encourages active learning.

Principle #4: Gives prompt feedback.

Principle #5: Emphasizes time on task.

Principle #6: Communicates high expectations.

Principle #7: Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.