One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Ashley Wiersma is a doctoral c andidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil. “A synthesis of cognitive research endorses the ...

What does it mean for a golf course to have “character”? Can character be quantified, or is it more like “charisma,” something that’s easy to spot in a personality but difficult to explain? Most of us ...

It was always a matter of professional pride that as a writer of golf architecture, I’ve never played favorites. A couple of factors now compel me to lower my guard just a bit. One is the fact that ...

Creating a course map is like planning a road trip—you start with your destination (learning outcomes) and chart the best route to get there (instruction, activities, and assessments). A ...

What makes for a great golf course? To get the answer to that question, we turned to Gil Hanse, who over the past two decades has catapulted into the elite of golf-course architects. Hanse Golf Course ...

They didn’t have much, but they could create. Money was tight for the family, so they built their own board games growing up in Saskatchewan, Canada. One year, Matthew Fehr’s father created his own ...

Today’s classrooms aren’t preparing students for tomorrow’s jobs. That’s a broad statement, but in many schools it’s the truth. Education looks very much the same—with some tweaks around the edges—as ...