I read an article on Lifehacker about a free Chrome extension that will help you manage projects by organizing your web browsing. Article: Contextinator Organizes Your Web Browsing Into Manageable Projects If you work with me much, you find I try to do as much of my work in browser (specifically in Chrome) as possible. I [...]
Would you consider delegating lecture note-taking to a classmate? The following tip from Fred Weening featured on AcademicTips.org suggests you do just that. Are you tired of struggling to keep up with a lecture while copying page after page of notes in class? My advice? Don’t take the notes — at least not every [...]
By, James Yazell As a student my biggest concern is getting all the information I need for class. I take notes during the lecture but sometimes I find myself interrupted from my own note taking to ask a question, discuss the material, or because we’ve moved past the topic too quickly. What a relief it [...]
By, Jing Zou How are you delivering course content in your Blackboard classes? You might have uploaded mp3/mp4 files, created voice boards/emails, or recorded video lectures with Tegrity. Now, in addition to these tools, instructors can use Campus Pack Podcast to create multi-media content by yourself and the students. Why Campus Pack? You may consider [...]
Blackboard is a great education tool. It allows instructors to place course content online for student to access at any place and any time with the proper internet connection. Many online courses have been developed and the idea of a college education changed because students no longer need to be in a physical location. Online [...]
Procrastination. Looks familiar? You certainly can feel it if you cannot see it. It is certainly a daily occurrence in most people’s life. In higher education, procrastination is rampant among both faculty and students. Most are hard and exceptional workers, but if you ask them if they procrastinate, they will answer like most everyone else. [...]
You’re in a hot sweat. Panicking that you waited until the last minute to type up this midterm paper. You tell yourself that next time you will start earlier. Sounds familiar? What if you have a furry companion that likes attention, and when you don’t give him/her attention, s/he misbehaves? What if this misbehavior shuts [...]
New Workshop: Effective Social Media Engagement with Students in the Classroom Presenter: David Ta-Pryor Dates: Thursday, August 16th Time: 12:00-1:00PM Location: Fine Arts, Room 307 Register: http://doodle.com/pqma9zmd43z297cc Level of Difficulty: ALL Description: Social media have been steadily rising since SixDegrees inception in 1997. With the environment saturated with companies trying to make a niche market, [...]
David Ta-Pryor joins Molly Mead as the second Instructional Designer for Information Access (IA). David’s area of research consists of education technology, new media, emotion/motivation, and higher education. Some of his research projects include examining disclosure online and how teacher interaction can impact student’s communication, looking at how twitter can be effectively incorporated into a [...]
Build Your Online Course Workshop Series Three New Workshop Dates June 19, 21, 26 and 28 from 9am-noon August 6, 8, 13, 15 from noon – 3pm December 3, 5, 10, 12 from 9am-noon This series of four half-day workshops is designed to walk you through the steps necessary to design your online course so [...]
