The Educational Technology group (at least the “Ed” side consisting of Meg Brady, Angie Hammons, Julie Phelps, Barb Wilkins, and Malcolm Hays) are traveling to the 8th Annual Sloan Consortium Conference in Chicago on March 28-29, 2001. This conference is primarily about blended learning strategies. Over the next few days, we hope to bring you […]
Read More »Introduced by Dr. Harvest Collier, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Organized by Diane Hagni, Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) Notes compiled by Barb Wilkins, Educational Technology Edited as needed by Malcolm Hays, Educational Technology (EdTech) Dr. Collier asked everyone in the room to introduce themselves and give a little bit of info […]
Read More »Registration for the Teaching and Learning Technology Conference 2011 on March 10 and 11, 2011 is now OPEN! Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eric Mazur — Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University and author of Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual. Web-based registration is now available at: http://edtech.mst.edu/events/tltconference2011/registration.html If you have already registered with […]
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Read More »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 »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 »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 »Barb Wilkins, Instructional Technologist for EdTech and a math teacher in her own right, presented on using rubrics for courses. One of the points Barb made was that students are already quite familiar with the use of rubrics for evaluating performance. For the past 10 years or so, teachers in K-12 have been trained to […]
Read More »EdTech and CERTI are co-sponsoring the October Blackboard Seminar Series, which will focus on using rubrics both inside and outside of a Blackboard course. Barb Wilkins, Instructional Technologist for EdTech, will be presenting. This event will take place in Centennial Hall Room 104 at Noon on Friday, October 8, 2010. What are rubrics? Why should […]
Read More »The online journal Faculty Focus has a recent article on Good Teaching: Top 10 Requirements. Most of the points Dr. LeBlanc discusses involve strengthening the communication channels between students and instructors. Effective communication is key. But it also helps to be well-versed in the material that you are trying to teach. Dr. LeBlanc points out […]
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