Month: November 2010
FoTT 2010 — Building a Blended Class: Face-to-Face, Online, Anytime
Presenter: Robert “Rocky” Keel, UMSL Presentation is available at http://tinyurl.com/blended-class-2010 (IE) Rocky prefers to present in the same style as his teaching–interactive with the audience. “Digital Natives” have grown up with technology all of their lives and regularly use their “devices” (e.g. smart phones) to interact with the world around them. Mobile devices in particular […]
Read More »1000 Years of History in 5 Minutes
Here is an interesting video that shows 1000 years of European political history in a little over 5 minutes. You can easily see the ebb and flow of empires throughout the ages. Unfortunately, it does not have a timeline on the screen so it is a little tricky to see exactly when certain events happened. […]
Read More »A Dialogue for Engagement
How do you know a student is engaged in your course? What steps do you take to foster engagement? These are questions that every instructor begins to ask as they are doing course design as it is vital to the success of the course. “Engaged learners work willingly, instead of by coercion, and approach their […]
Read More »FoTT 2010 — Constructivist Course Design: Student Centered Online Learning
Presenters: Arleen Fearing and Marguerite Riley from Southern University Illinois at Edwardsville Objectives: Identify five factors of the constructivism theory that provides a framework for quality student centered online learning. Specify the use of three learning strategies in an online constructivist designed course. Share evaluation results of these online courses from students. About 8 years […]
Read More »Blackboard Seminar Series – Bb Outside the Classroom
EdTech and CERTI are co-sponsoring the November Blackboard Seminar Series, which will focus on using Blackboard resources outside of the classroom environment. This event will take place in Centennial Hall Room 104 at Noon on Friday, November 5, 2010. Featured speakers include: Bih-Ru Lea, of the Information Science Technology department. She will discuss her IST […]
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