A recent article highlights valuable online time-management tools (focusing on commitment, reminder, and/or focus) which helps to increase student performance and course completion and reduce distractions and barriers to success. Tools That Limit Distraction May Raise Student Performance in Online Classes http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/tools-that-limit-distraction-may-raise-student-performance-in-online-classes/56413?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Some touted online time-management software include: Concentrate FocusBooster RescueTime Self-Control (Mac) …
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Feb 09
MOOCs on the Mend?
Once viewed as a beacon of hope for higher education to redefine itself in the face of a range of pressures- from shrinking state budgets, to stiff competition from for-profit institutions- Massive Online Open Courses seemed to have lost much of their luster in the past two years. Colloquially known as MOOCs (because we love …
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Jan 16
Pearson LearningStudio Instructor and Student Discussion/Threads Enhancements
We are excited to announce the release of a new Pearson LearningStudio Instructor & Student Discussion/Threads interface which includes options to embed media, search within a discussion, and grade discussion posts from the discussion board. In response to feedback directly from faculty and students, threaded discussions have been overhauled to make for easier organization, searching, …
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Nov 13
Academic Program Assessment: Rubrics
Dr. Marila Palmer and Institutional Effectiveness requested two 1-hour sessions of “Academic Program Assessment: Rubrics” for the Institutional Effectiveness Leadership Team, college and department representatives, and all faculty to attend. The intent was to help faculty align their programmatic student learning outcomes (SLOs) to their academic program assessment, specifically their programs’ rubrics. Drs. Felicity Grandjean …
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Sep 29
The New VoiceThread
Greetings Instructors! The New VoiceThread is here! VoiceThread, an interactive presentation tool, has a sleek new look and some useful new features. On Wednesday, October 1st, the new VoiceThread will be enabled for A&M-Commerce. Accessing VoiceThread through your online course shell by clicking on the VoiceThread Course Item will remain the same. We’ve compiled several …
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