Creating Significant Learning Experiences, Revised and Updated

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To paraphrase a modern aphorism, “It takes a village to write a book.” That has never been more true of a book than of this one. A very important part of my village consists of the other people who have written about college teaching. The key ideas presented here build on a number of classic works in higher education and incorporate exciting ideas from several contemporary publications. A quick look through the text, the list of references, and the suggested readings in Appendix B will illustrate how deeply my own education is indebted to the published works of others.

Others have contributed in an even more direct fashion. Although the questions and ideas presented here have been brewing for many years, several insights crystallized ...