Marissa Carl Acosta posted to Google+ about Stop Talking: Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning and Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education. I saw it and immediately wanted to read parts of it. Grabbing a random chapter, I dove in. This text, by evidence of chapter five: Into Our Classrooms, has lessons each instructor and student […]
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Article review: Learner-Centered Assessment in US Colleges and Universities
In the Use of Learner-Centered Assessment in US Colleges and Universities, Webb describes a utopia where instructors have given (through learner-centered assessment) “ a mechanism for prompt feedback to students, fosters collaboration with peers and faculty; and results in increased student-faculty contact.’ (Webb, 2012, p 203) I agree with the need for multiple drafts […]
fonts and cool signs – a Good Monday
See the following for a collection (someone else put together) of great images. Just a bit inspiring over the weekend. Made me think my living room REALLY needs a face lift. Something cheesy like “Enjoy Life” written across the large wall. Take down the television… https://www.designsponge.com/2014/06/besthandettering.html
Methodology
Taking this opportunity to drop in another paper I wrote for ED603. Let me know if you find it helpful! Introduction This paper discusses the evaluation of methods for a research project that involves attempting to measure building community interaction among first-time users of Blackboard while capturing the participants’ opinions of their experience. Preparing for […]
Bias? What bias?
I’ve done some of the assignments out of order (in ED603). This is another one of those assignments I liked so much I wrote it twice. Introduction This paper discusses addressing several forms of bias while conducting research. Researchers need to be aware of, and counteract the possible introduction of, bias in areas of their […]
Reading Group
Covering “Faculty Mentoring and Student Engagement Are Keys to Success in Virtual Classroom” I believe you need to be logged as a UA employee or student… (click on title above.) A few visuals (and testing the Getty embed process) that may bring mentoring or leadership to mind. Mentors Leadership Embedded librarian
Road map
Okay, so this is one of those ‘I just love easel.ly’ moments. Doing a session on screencasting today. Here’s my thoughts on how it should go… ROAD MAP I should log back in later and tell you how it really went. (The best laid plans…) The link above is in case the embed (below) does […]
Open Books
Learn more about Open Education Resources, specifically open textbooks, peer-reviewed materials and materials shared under a Creative Commons license. Your students (and you!) don’t have to spend money to obtain current, peer-reviewed data.
Change just one thing
Lately I’ve felt completely overwhelmed. I’m a single mother. I’m a college professor. I’m a college student. I have a full-time job that can easily consume more than the normal hours in a week. I thought it valuable to say that besides sinking in a morass of self-doubt, I had something happen last week that […]
Visualization
Infographics are not just for the visual learner. Use one to engage your student where there is slightly dry material or to explain a particularly tricky concept.
Tech Free Challenge
It can be challenging to spend up to two hours doing something new or different. This is especially true if you’ve got deadlines looming. At UAF eCampus, the designers meet about every six weeks to do something different. On Tuesday of last week we got creative with paper, ribbon and stamps (plus a few stickers). […]
DS106 Daily Create
Last Tuesday my son and I went with many designers and a nice gent by the name of Alan Levine, to the transfer station. We were doing a ‘daily create.’ Take photos of textures and do a mash up. Most excellent! Here is my result. Image link to Flickr in case it does not show […]
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Teaching Tip: Extra Credit
How you choose to use extra credit can enhance a student’s learning opportunities. Whether you’re for or against the use, a few simple rules will make it easier to deploy. Consider using optional quizzes over the reading material prior to the start of class to encourage students to be prepared for in-class discussion. Some students […]
Reading Group: Article on Teaching Web 2.0 Tech
The article I read for the June 2013 reading group wasn’t really worth the rest of the team’s time. I think our team does a much better job of teaching web 2.0 technologies by talking and showing examples of how a product might support the class goals faculty have. I did, however, like Mindmup (https://www.mindmup.com/) […]
What could I do with a Raspberry Pi
I don’t own a motorbike: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1216528 – so getting data via a OBD2 Data Recorder isn’t interesting to me. Since I need to improve/refresh my programming skills, I could use it for PHP or Python. Ruby is on the way down the list {TIOBE programming list https://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html } The TIOBE list tracks Turing complete programming […]
I miss paper: a post about efficiency
I like all the things I can do with Preview to mark up a document. I like that all the snippets can be viewed at one time. I like that I can put in notes–for myself or others. But, I miss paper.
Tradition!
Last Friday several of us had a lovely conversation about traditions, specifically building them.
Why you have to be there
I recently read an advertisement for a large conference for educators. There were seven items stressed under the heading, “Why you have to be there.” The one that caught my eye was, “Rub Elbows with Thought Leaders.” Intriguing. It made me think about our designers, and our eCampus team. You don’t have to sign up […]
Building blocks
UAF eCampus Registration page(s): what needs to change? A person should not have to choose “number of courses. … How many classes? I plan on taking _one semester-based course_ … two, three, four. A person should not have to “If you change your mind, use the back button and select more or fewer courses […]
Reading Group II: How do we measure success?
For this week’s reading group, I discussed a recent article I read by Alshare and Freeze:”The impacts of system and human factors on online learning systems use and learner satisfaction.” The value, again, was not so much in the article or the research, but in what it makes you consider. That does not mean the […]
A JotForm (survey) assignment for students
In evaluating the Kindle (any mobile device) we we’re asked to create an assignment that students would do. I first tried to have them work with Prezi, but bumped into a keyboard access issue. So here is the assignment: 1. Go to www.jotform.com create a free account. 2. Click “Form Templates” (top menu) and search […]
A few mobile links for WordPress
How do you make your WordPress site mobile friendly? Earlier today I spent a little bit of time downloading and testing a WordPress plugin designed to detect mobile devices and switch the view of your WordPress site to accommodate whatever tool the user was using (within reason). [Mobile detection plug in: WP Mobile Detector] I […]
English is so tricky!
I’ve had the pleasure of working with a few amazing instructors over the past year. Carl Strange teaches Latin 101 and 102. He writes the best announcements to encourage his students, tell them what’s coming up, and keep them interested in learning more. I’m excerpting part of last week’s announcement, with his permission, because we […]
Everyone is at a difference place
The great continuum of learning is like the largest airliner in the sky. There are seats for everyone, and we are all on our own journey. Today I was able to walk a long-time professor through how to make PDFs. We were both ecstatic! Another professor and I had fun with both Jing and […]
Tweeting about education
Taking a cue from Design Team Manager, Chris Lott, I’m listing some of my favorite tweets on education. He posts monthly – I just don’t tweet anywhere near that much! Here are the first and second quarters of 2012. Look for me on Twitter @alaska_knits … I removed all knitting and cookie related posts from […]