Many of you are enjoying the last few weeks off before the new academic year. Others are beginning to gather materials and prepare for the first week of class. For those who are looking for quick and easy ways to improve their course, consider adding...
We here at the CETL, especially me, love to add fuel to the “social media should be utilized more in higher education” fire. I am a big proponent of social media in general because I have found it to be a rewarding tool for learning,...
My goal when I started this series was to use Twitter as an instructional tool in my online courses this spring that I teach for a local community college. In part one and part two of this series, I introduced the tool and reviewed factors...
It’s a typical weekday. You walk into class a few minutes early and prepare your materials. Students greet you and you briefly review last week’s material (maybe not so briefly depending on the number of blank stares). Suddenly you hear a faint rumble that slowly...
Thursday nights at my house are a battle zone for television time. It happens that my and my wife’s favorite’s shows are almost all in the same two hour window, between 7pm and 9pm. My shows are Community, Parks and Recreation, and 30 Rock and...
The semester is winding down and holiday break is just around the corner. I'm sure your plane ticket to Hawaii is booked and your bags are packed. But before you go, make sure you have squared away all your campus business. To assist you, I...
Reliable copyright resources, particularly in education, have traditionally been difficult to find. It is also a subject to which I am least comfortable with when assisting faculty. I think I find copyright challenging because the laws aren’t cut and dry and they seem to frequently change....
This post is part two of my blog series: Using Twitter to Teach. I have pondered for the past week or so how I would approach this series moving forward. Given that the title suggests that I am going to discuss teaching with twitter, I certainly...
At the Educause conference last week, I attended several excellent sessions on teaching and learning. Some of the topics included social media in the classroom, a debate of whether or not technology makes us less intelligent, second life at a small university, and other similar...
An emerging trend in higher education is the use of social media for student communication and teaching. I call it “emerging” because according to a recent study conducted by Pearson, only 31% of faculty use social networking to communicate with students although over 80% of...