What makes professors inspiring
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The document discusses qualities of an inspiring university professor in the digital age. It argues that to be inspiring, professors must embrace educational experimentation using new technologies and participative learning approaches. They also need to spend significant time in conversation with students to mentor their development. Most importantly, professors must demonstrate integrity by living according to their values, being willing to struggle for causes greater than themselves, and making commitments to improve. An inspiring professor transforms students' habits and ways of thinking.
What makes professors inspiring
- 1. Teach me something I can’t 0ind in Google. ÁLVARO GONZÁLEZ ALORDA at @agalorda
- 2. @agalorda If + disrupted the music industry… Universities, beware of , …
- 3. Teach me something I can’t 0ind in Google. @agalorda What do you expect from a professor?
- 4. @agalorda Free access to extraordinary educational content demands a #shift in the professor’s pro0ile.
- 5. Universities should focus on developing #competences rather than on transferring knowledge. @agalorda
- 7. @agalorda The problem won’t be being a bad student during university, but #after. 1!
- 8. The question won’t be what did you study?, but what are you studying #now? And #how? 2! @agalorda
- 9. Presential teaching is becoming a luxury we’ll only pay for if professors are really #inspiring. 3! @agalorda
- 10. What does it mean to be INSPIRING?! @agalorda
- 11. If we call “innovation” to just redecorating the of0ice, we could end up calling #inspiring to anything… @agalorda
- 12. To be inspiring is not to occasionally #dazzle students like a deer caught in the headlights. @agalorda
- 13. Someone #inspires you when she moves you to change your #habits and #transforms who you are. @agalorda
- 14. qualities of an INSPIRING professor!THREE ! @agalorda
- 16. PROFESSORS TEACH TODAY EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THEY TAUGHT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. SEBASTIAN THRUN CO-FOUNDER OF UDACITY @agalorda Ouch!
- 17. @agalorda And we all know how challenging is to teach students equipped with devices #connected to the world.
- 18. Professors need to innovate in the #learning process using technology as a tool, when necessary. @agalorda
- 19. And new and more #participative dynamics need to be implemented inside the classroom. And outside. @agalorda
- 20. If you are not a consecrated old and wise professor, it is very unlikely that you become #inspiring unless you dare to develop educational #experimen-‐ tation. @agalorda
- 22. THE GLANCE OF THE LOVER IS NOT REALISTIC. IT’S A GLANCE OF PROJECTION… JOSEF PIEPER @agalorda …that helps shape someone’s #dreams.
- 23. @agalorda Inspiring professors spend much time #conversing with students, helping them develop their talents. Generously and for free.
- 24. Since information is everywhere, the #mentoring model will be a key factor to choose University. @agalorda
- 25. #Alumni don’t come back for mere nostalgia, but to talk with those professors who knew their names. @agalorda
- 27. I LOOK FOR 3 THINGS IN HIRING PEOPLE: INTEGRITY, INTELLIGENCE AND A HIGH ENERGY LEVEL. BUT IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE FIRST, THE OTHER TWO WILL KILL YOU. WARREN BUFFETT @agalorda
- 28. Do you stand for something #greater than yourself? @agalorda
- 29. MARTIN LUTHER KING Are you willing to #struggle for your values? @agalorda
- 30. Do you live like you think? Do you do as you say? @agalorda
- 31. 0NE MAN CANNOT DO RIGHT IN ONE DEPARTMENT OF HIS LIFE WHILST HE IS OCCUPIED IN DOING WRONG IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. LIFE IS ONE INDIVISIBLE WHOLE. GANDHI @agalorda
- 32. HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE. JESUS CHRIST Just in case, 2 #suggestions to recover our integrity… @agalorda
- 33. FORGIVENESS LIBERATES THE SOUL. THAT IS WHY IT IS SUCH A POWERFUL WEAPON. NELSON MANDELA Ask for #forgiveness. @agalorda 1!
- 34. Make #commitments to improve. @agalorda 2!
- 35. A professor without integrity becomes a #charlatan. But the good news is… @agalorda
- 36. …there is nothing more attractive than a person who #struggles to improve. @agalorda
- 37. ÁLVARO GONZÁLEZ ALORDA at @agalorda