Posts Tagged ‘Teaching and learning with technology’
October 25 - Lecture Capture: A New Way to Think about Hybrid Courses
By: John Orlando, PhD in Instructional Design, Teaching with Technology
“Hybrid education” has become a hot catchphrase recently as faculty blend face-to-face learning with online technology. But the growth of hybrid education has been steered by the unstated assumption that hybrid technology should be used to facilitate discussion outside of the classroom, while classroom time should be spent lecturing.
August 18 - Save Time and Teach Better with Screencasting
By: John Orlando, PhD in Effective Teaching Strategies, Teaching with Technology
It is critical to spend time training your students how to properly use the systems you’ve adopted into your teaching repertoire. A common fallacy is to believe that because students today are “digital natives”—meaning that they grew up with technology—they are good at using any technology. I’ve found that students’ understanding of technology is narrow and deep. They are very adept at text messaging and navigating Facebook, but they are not versed in using blogs, wikis, document sharing systems, and the like.
February 2 - 2010 Horizon Report Identifies Six Technologies to Watch
By: Mary Bart in Trends in Higher Education
The New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) have released the 2010 Horizon Report. The annual Horizon Report features the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a long-term research project that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within higher education.
December 11 - Redesigning Learning Spaces to Improve Teaching and Learning
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
The most effective college renovations don’t just happen. They begin with the idea of engaging learners through classroom redesigns. This seminar will showcase innovative ways to incorporate the latest technologies into powerful new learning spaces.
November 17 - Technology Trends in Higher Education: How Web 2.0 Tools are Transforming Learning
By: Mary Bart in Teaching and Learning, Trends in Higher Education
It wasn’t all that long ago that the only people using Web 2.0 applications were Millennials and other early adopters. Today Web 2.0 tools are making serious in-roads into the higher education community as valuable weapons in today’s teaching arsenal. And while it’s no surprise that students are drawn to these applications, what may be
