In-class Methods meet Online Tools: A Hybrid Class [Evaluate this presentation] This presentation explores class participation, learning outcomes, and the role of communication technologies in language learning and teaching. Driven by sound pedagogical strategies, traditional in-class activities are examined through the prism of Internet-based, multi-user, interactive learning tools. New instructional options (blogs, wikis, Audacity on […]
Read More »Using Clickers in the Arts & Humanities [Evaluate this presentation]This presentation will provide ideas for using clickers in classes in the Arts and Humanities, drawing on examples from the presenter’s experience teaching a large Introduction to Theater course. Attendees will have the chance to try out the clickers and share ideas for their use in similar […]
Read More »Flexible Learning, 100 Seats at a Time [Evaluate this presentation] A combination of instructor-produced videos and web sites, one-on-one tutoring, and automated (partial credit) grading allows students to tailor their own learning experience in an engineering course with 300 students. View demonstration pages at http://web.mst.edu/~mecmovie/ and view sample videos at http://web.mst.edu/~ide110-1/lessons/02/index.html.
Read More »Using Evidence to Improve Teaching and Learning (with Technology): Asking the Right Questions [Evaluate this presentation] Too many options, too much information, too little time and too much risk: those are just some of the reasons why we take relatively little advantage of new technology to do new things. Part of the risk is that […]
Read More »EdTech and IT are opening up the CLC software request process for faculty who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers across campus. All software requests should be submitted to IT for processing no later than close of business on Friday, April 17, 2009. Software currently available in each of the CLCs on […]
Read More »Blackboard will be unavailable this Sunday, April 5, for a period of 6 to 12 hours. The outage is due to maintenance being performed by MOREnet and will begin at 12:00 a.m. and continue through to at least 6:00 a.m. It is possible that the outage could be extended until 12:00 p.m. Please call the […]
Read More »On April 17, IT will perform a cleanup of all Blackboard courses older than two years as part of Missouri S&T’s two year Blackboard course retention policy. After April 17, any course content, enrollment, and entire courses themselves which are older than two years, will be purged from Blackboard and will not be recoverable. If […]
Read More »I found the video below and am including it on Educational Technology. The content of the video has been presented in other videos, but this is one of the most elegant packaging of the content I’ve seen. Plus the music has a decent beat to it. In any case, the point of the video is […]
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Read More »Do blogging and other Web 2.0 tools have a negative impact on academic writing? One professor in England has noticed a substantial decrease in the output of his academic publications even as his blogging has increased over the past couple of years. I think he makes a couple of extremely valid points: The motivation to […]
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