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 ...
Dr. Crystal Anderson, Associate Professor of English, publishes her research in a medium that many scholars avoid: A blog. Anderson, who teaches classes in Asian film and literature, stumbled upon “Kpop,” or Korean popular music that is part of culture (“Hallyu," a cultural movement) that strives to spread Korean culture throughout the globe through music, film ...
In case you missed it, here's what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. Interested in Teaching and Learning? Save the Date for Elon University's Teaching and Learning Conference - Aug 16, 2012 #ElonTLC Evernote training available from Lynda training. Access it now at http://www.elon.edu/lynda. #elonuniversity#lyndadotcomhttp://fb.me/GM8N2dn5 Today's ...
Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here's what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. Latest Moodle Musings blog posted on adding Twitter to your course. http://fb.me/1jMlXqnf7 Tech Blog: Record brief videos to introduce yourself or course content. http://fb.me/11VUbjA9J #OneNote is part of Microsoft Office, which ...
Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here's what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. #Adobe CS6 Features now available from #Lynda Training. Access it at http://www.elon.edu/lynda. http://fb.me/1IjtZWHU #Google introduces Google Drive for cloud storage. You get 5GB for free to start. http://fb.me/1TBuFYKfm RT @HarvardBiz: How ...
The staff in Teaching and Learning Technologies likes to stay up-to-date on current trends in technology, teaching, higher education and leadership. Here are some recent blog posts, articles and books that staff members have found interesting and helpful: Books Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques by William H. Rice How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course by Jay Caulfield Hybrid ...
Happy Friday! In case you missed it, here's what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you have yet to begin using Twitter, learn how to get started. Interesting thoughts. RT @derekbruff: New blog post: Questions Worth Asking about Educational Technology http://bit.ly/IY2QxB Educause - 7 Things you should know about the evolution of the textbook. ...
Overview “Tweets” are short, 140-character messages that are sent out into cyberspace. Once you set up a Twitter account, you can Tweet as much or as little as you like and follow your friends, companies, news sources and more. Terms that are helpful to know Tweets: Twitter is the web site you are using to post messages; these ...
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) recently hosted a series of seminars about the use of classroom response systems, or “clickers.” Guest speakers Tony Crider, Resa Walch, Amanda Tapler and Derek Bruff all presented to Elon faculty how they use clickers to improve classroom engagement. Clickers ...
Cheri Crabb and Ben McFadyen, academic technology consultants in Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT), and Victoria Shropshire, an English instructor, led a “myth-busting” session about teaching online courses at the Lilly South Conference in Greensboro earlier this month. Their session addressed some of the common questions and concerns that faculty have in teaching online, provided guidance ...