Conferences, Un-Conferences and Consortiums Instructional Technology staff have found their attendance at the following faculty-centered conferences to be extremely valuable. Faculty who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the area of instructional technology will also find these conferences valuable as they begin their […]
Engaging Students with Lightboard Videos Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 • 3:30pm – 4:45pm With Sarah McCorkle and Todd McFall During this workshop, we will discuss how to plan effective online videos, actively engage students when video content is assigned, and model Lightboard presentation techniques. […]
Many people groan at the mention of Blogs. And honestly, I can understand why. It’s just one of many over-hyped (and at times poorly utilized) technology tools. Spinning up a blog for students to work within is a fairly simple task so it’s easy to […]
In this post I have a several resources on managing group work for both classroom and online instruction. While I’m not a fan of using technology simply for the sake of using something “cool”, the productivity value of collaborative documents can certainly make life easier […]
You may be familiar with the image below if you have attended one of my workshops. (In fact, you’re probably sick of seeing it by now!) Bill Ferriter posted this image to Flickr in July 2013. (If you’re on Flickr he’s a […]
An article in this month’s issue of The Teaching Professor provides a fantastic primer for faculty expanding their video collection. I thought this article would be a great way to build upon last week’s post (which provided a starting point for developing online lectures) […]
Faculty often lose class days due to university closure and/or delay during the first part of Spring semester. Students enrolled in a first-half of spring semester course are most often impacted. When classes are cancelled right before an exam or major project, you might consider […]
Faculty often approach me, with a technology already in hand, requesting technical assistance in producing a recorded lecture for online distribution. Before diving into the technology how-to’s, most of our time together is spent planning the project, identifying a clear and measurable objective, developing a […]
Barbi Honeycutt, frequent Magna Publications contributor and owner of FLIP It Consulting out of Raleigh, is one of my favorite Flipped Classroom advocates. Her articles and presentations share effective strategies and activity ideas for both in and out of […]
The dreaded, threaded discussion! One original post and two replies is a routine way of facilitating a discussion activity for students outside of the classroom. But so often a well intended activity turns into repetitive “I agree” and “good point” posts, rewording the original poster’s […]
