Category: Collaboration

Dr. Shannon Carter presents to Commerce faculty

Dr. Shannon Carter Department of Literature & Languages Faculty Center Advisory Committee member presents Writers and Their Tools: How to Help College Writers Select the Best Technology for the Job Monday, September 29, 2014 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CFEI Conference Room (AGIT 222)   Description:     From cave paintings to clay tablets and typewriters to new …

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Sloan C Emerging Tech Conference-Faculty Focus Session

The Faculty Center was proud to sponsor Tina Lancaster and Denise Pheils to attend the 7th Annual Sloan C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning in April.  The conference included attendees from across higher education, including faculty, instructional designers, educational technologists, and administrators. On May 8th,  there will be an focus session open to faculty where Professors …

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Google Tips: I didn't know Google could do that…

Google tips

At some point, Google stopped being just a search engine and became… Well… A compendium of useful technology services you never knew you needed, but can’ live without. From Gmail, to YouTube, to Webmaster Tools and all points in between, Google has a vast, and sometimes nebulous, offering of services, resources and applications to help …

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PowerPoint Facilitating Students “Meeting” Each Other in Online Classes

A challenging aspect of online classes is the isolated sense that students can sometimes feel, somewhat disconnected from their instructor and even fellow classmates.  Instructors continually discover innovative ways to build student community in their online courses.  From encouraging online study groups via social media tools, to interacting via the online “Student Lounge” in the LMS, there …

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Note Taking: Typing versus Writing

Close up of note taking with pen and paper.

This article about researching styles of student note taking was a great read from Huffington Post.  Personally, I think that it’s too early to call this definitive but the results are definitely interesting. My career as a student mostly entailed taking notes by hand versus on a laptop.  It actually did help me retain information …

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