Teaching Strategies

TLT Conference 2009: Dr. Stephen Ehrmann

Posted by on April 8, 2009

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 […]

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Blackboard Seminar Series on Friday, March 13

Posted by on March 10, 2009

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Second Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference April 9-10, 2009

Posted by on January 20, 2009

Educational Technology will be hosting its second annual Missouri S&T Teaching and Learning Technology Conference in the Havener Center on April 9-10, 2009.  All campus faculty and staff are welcome to attend.   We believe it is important to our campus community to showcase the many ways in which faculty and staff use technology to […]

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Teaching Journal: After Teaching English 160 (Fourth Attempt)

Posted by on November 20, 2008

Today I substitute taught English 160 once again. I think it will be the last attempt for the semester, though who knows? The students are getting ready to do some peer evaluations on their recommendation reports (a draft of which is due in class on December 2). In order to help them understand what they […]

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Strategies for Encouraging and Increasing Class Attendance

Posted by on November 18, 2008

Last week, members of Educational Technology here on campus attended the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference at UMSL, sponsored by their Center for Teaching and Learning. One of the sessions I attended was on Strategies for Encouraging and Increasing Class Attendance. I thought this would be a good session to attend for someone who […]

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FoTT — Plenary Session: Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar

Posted by on November 17, 2008

Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, as well as Professor of Biology at the University of Central Florida, gave the second plenary session presentation at UMSL’s Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference. Her topic of choice was Interactive Teaching Techniques With and Without Technology. She has had a long and distinguished […]

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FoTT — Plenary Session: Ray Schroeder

Posted by on November 17, 2008

Ray Schroeder presented at the first of two plenary sessions we attended at the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference in St. Louis. Dr. Schroeder is currently the Director of Technology Enhanced Learning and an Emeritus professor at University of Illinois at Springfield. The focus of Dr. Schroeder’s presentation was using “transparent” technologies to transform […]

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Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference — UMSL

Posted by on November 17, 2008

Just this past week, EdTech took a road trip to St. Louis to attend the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference at UMSL, sponsored by their Center for Teaching and Learning (analogous to our CERTI, I believe). This conference is very similar in nature and scope to the Teaching and Learning Technology Conference that we […]

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“Andragogy” v. “Pedagogy”

Posted by on November 5, 2008

Angie Hammons shares her thoughts on an article she found in Campus Technology: ============================================================= [ANGIE] I read an interesting article the other day in Campus Technology (http://campustechnology.com/articles/68283_1/).  It was titled “The Institutional Path for Change in this Age: Andragogy, not Pedagogy.” It solidified some thoughts in my mind about the educational process. The article begins […]

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Teaching Journal: English 160 (After Third Attempt)

Posted by on October 28, 2008

Last Thursday, I taught a section of English 160 as part of the teaching requirement for Tech Com 404 (Teaching Technical Communiaction). This was quite different from the previoius teaching sessions I conducted for the course. In the previous teaching attempts, I had the students participate in some group activities that were provided by Dr. […]

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