Meet Michael Vaughn
As technology continues to change and be utilized on our campus, we need staff members who are knowledgeable to assist faculty, staff, and students. Teaching and Learning Technologies’ newest staff member, Michael Vaughn, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with him. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreGetting Started with Google+ Hangouts
Imagine you would like to invite two well-established professionals to your economics class to speak about their professions, career paths and real-world experiences. Unfortunately though, you discover one person’s company recently transferred him to Beijing, China, and he will not return to the United States for another two years. The other individual lives in California, and her schedule will not allow her to fly out to Elon for a couple of days. With the help of Google+ Hangouts, your dilemma is resolved. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreGetting started with Google+
Are you looking for a way to virtually meet and share links, videos and resources with your students? You may want to consider Google+. Overview Google’s social media tool offers unique collaboration and control features that make it very appealing to instructors in higher education. It also works well with Google’s other applications like Google Drive and YouTube. This post provides an overview of Google+ and how it can be used in higher education. You can learn more about Google+ by clicking on the “+You” link at the top of Google.com. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThis Week in Tweets: November 16th, 2012
In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have beentweetingthis week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started. Position open at Elon University. Managing Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. http://bit.ly/U1tvRw #jobs#Elon Learn how Elon professors have been using their blogs in the classroom: http://bit.ly/RSbsux A post by @caseybrown04 Moodle Q&A: How to transfer content from one course to another, by @sam_parkerr. http://tinyurl.com/aw8na5l #Moodle #MoodleMusings FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreProfessor Mark Courtright uses clickers for peer evaluation
Written by Caroline Klidonas, junior Acting major and Creative Writing minor Professor Mark Courtright is finding ways to amp up student involvement in class presentations in his Business Communications class. How? You guessed it—with clickers! I met with him to find out firsthand just how he’s managed this. Q: What specific ways have you used the clickers in class? Professor Courtright’s Business Communications class explored doing business in other cultures. The class was divided into five groups of four for a project that culminated in a class presentation. Prior to the presentation, he gave the students a rubric with six categories on which to be evaluated. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: How to transfer content from one course to another
As the semester winds down, faculty may need to move assignments, quizzes, videos, audio files or photos from one class to another. The easiest way to do this is through Moodle’s Import feature. This allows you to reuse instead of recreate activities and resources. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreFive useful Android applications to use in higher education
As the popularity of tablets continues to grow, instructors are beginning to experiment with ways to use education-based applications in their classrooms. There are thousands of applications available for both iPad and Android users, but for this article, we selected five Android apps we believe are especially useful to faculty in higher education. In a previous article concerning education-based applications, we focused on useful iPad apps. Three of the applications included in that post, OverDrive Media Console, News360 and myHomework are also available on Android devices. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreBlogs at Elon: A tool for all types of learning
As the Internet’s prominence has grown throughout the years, blogging has grown in popularity, too. In the blogosphere, there are numerous platforms people can choose from and blogs can be used in a variety of different ways. You have may have read our post on getting started with blogs, but here are some examples of how Elon professors are using blogs in their classrooms. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThis Week in Tweets: November 9, 2012
In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweetingthis week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started. Position open at Elon University. Managing Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. http://bit.ly/U1tvRw #jobs#Elon Moodle Q&A: Student collaboration functions, by @sam_parkerrhttp://tinyurl.com/bg6gbc5 #Moodle#MoodleMusings New blog post from CATL. Inclusive Classrooms: Handling hot topics. http://tinyurl.com/b748c7s FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: Student collaboration functions
In this Moodle Q&A post on groups, faculty ask about student collaboration functions. In previous Moodle Q&A posts on groups, we discussed what groups are, why we should use them, how to create them and how to collect assignments from them. Moodle handles groups differently than Blackboard. In Blackboard, groups were automatically given a workspace that included discussion boards, file sharing and more. In Moodle, you create the groups and then create the activities you would like for groups to have and use. The advantage of Moodle’s approach is you can give your groups only the functions they will use. For example, to allow for group file sharing, you can create a wiki or group discussion forum where members of the group can collaborate. FollowShare on Tumblr
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