Blogging serves the same essential functions as journaling. It allows learners to practice their writing in a low-risk setting. In my English 1301 and 1302 classes, learners use Tumblr to blog throughout the course of the class on a variety of class-related topics. These classes are fully online, and learner-instructor interaction is key for engaging …
Category: Blogs
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/upgrading-the-journal-3-reasons-to-have-your-students-blog/
Feb 13
Preservation in the Digital World
Do you remember that well thought out course module you designed that linked to a myriad of web resources? Your students absolutely loved the internet scavenger hunt activity you spent hours designing for them. Now, two or three years later, an annoyingly significant number of those links are…gone. Just. Plain. Gone. It happens more often …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/preservation-in-the-digital-world/
Jul 28
Faculty LED
The CFEI is eager to offer you the opportunity to share your scholarly work. Faculty Lion Educator Dissemination or Faculty LED events are by faculty and for faculty. The CFEI will coordinate the logistics for your Faculty LED event; announce your event; manage registrations; and set up, facilitate, and break down the event. Click on …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/faculty-led/
Jun 01
Blogging: A Worthwhile Learning Activity
Why Teachers and Students Should Blog This recent article, Why Teachers and Students Should Blog, offers 4 reasons and 5 tips for using blogs in the classroom for increasing student engagement and learning. Link: http://www.edudemic.com/how-and-why-teachers-should-blog/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Education%20Dive%3A%20K12&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-01%20K12%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/blogging-a-worthwhile-learning-activity/
Mar 23
Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers
On March 2, as part of the 2015 Scholarship Symposium at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Jeffrey Beall presented Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers. Mr. Beall alerted us to current scams with scholarly open-access publishing. Mr. Beall is the only monitoring entity (there are no known regulatory bodies to police predatory publishers) and uses his …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/dont-be-fooled-recognizing-avoiding-predatory-publishers/
- 1
- 2
Recent Comments