Last year I added an assignment to an online aging and end-of-life transitions course I had taught multiple times. The assignment, which became the first in the course, used one…

Students often struggle to understand complex or abstract concepts, especially when they cannot see how those ideas connect to their lives. I’ve learned that if students cannot see themselves in…

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.—Kahlil Gibran When Kahlil Gibran speaks about pain, he likens it to medicine and connects healing to understanding. The…