Professors create virtual classrooms with Adobe Connect
On October 16th, Teaching and Learning Technologies met with faculty from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business to demonstrate how to integrate Adobe Connect into the MBA program. For those who are unfamiliar with Adobe Connect, it is a web-conferencing software that can be used to make online classrooms for teaching, collaborating and presenting …
Read MoreTLT summer course encourages Elon faculty to use flipped instruction
Flipped instruction is a teaching approach that has gained prominence over the last couple of years. Using the flipped method, teachers expose their students to content outside the classroom, so in-class time can be used for more engaging exercises and activities. This summer, a group of Elon faculty members explored the flipping method with a …
Read MoreUnexpected Benefits of Teaching Online
Some faculty members are uneasy about the anonymity of teaching a class online. But psychology professor Dr. Gabie Smith actually prefers to teach her Psychology of Sex and Gender course online, and she uses a variety of techniques to help make it successful. According to Gabie, many students are not entirely comfortable signing up for a …
Read MoreCollaboratively define key concepts with a Moodle glossary
The glossary module provides instructors the ability to develop shared vocabulary lists of words, field-related terms, concepts, or processes which can be enhanced with pictures, audio, video, reader comments, internal and external resources. Students can upload files into the glossary using the attachment options and download files from peers. Glossaries in Moodle This feature allows you to …
Read MoreKeeping students engaged – online
Elon stresses the importance of student engagement in the classroom. So how can you keep students active and on their toes when they’re taking your class online? Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) held a meeting for new online faculty in mid-October. During the hour luncheon, they were introduced to the 2012 online mentors, Dr. Harlen Makemson, …
Read MoreCreating a Moodle Book
Guest post by Victoria Shropshire, Instructor in English Books in Moodle can be used for a variety of things, but I find they are especially helpful for long documents that are important, but not necessarily very engaging to students when they are simply posted as a document link. Information that can be segmented or compartmentalized can be …
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