Category: Innovation

Designing Engaging Courses for Adult Learners

We had a good turnout for our recent session, “Designing Engaging Online Courses for Adult Learners.”  Presented by Dr. Denise Lowe of the University of Central Florida, this webinar covered topics ranging from examining the differing learning styles of various generational groups, to identifying strategies to effectively connect with these learners in online and blended …

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NBC Learn Spotlight

NBC Learn is a online collection of digital news clips from several years worth of rich archive materials.  Whether playing clips in a face-to-face classroom setting or utilizing clips for an online class, video can provide a dynamic means of engaging students and connecting them to desired learning outcomes. For more information about how to …

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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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Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Resources

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) would like to bring more professional development opportunities to your attention. There are multiple strategies to help students understand the ethics and policies with academic honesty and integrity and to prevent plagiarism in your classroom. The CFEI would like to highlight a few of these for you …

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Progress Blog #1 : Composition in a Digital Age

This fall semester, I’m doing something new with my online composition classes. It’s something I’m not really sure they are going to like. It’s something I’m not sure I’m going to like either. But that’s sort of the point of humanities education, right? Trying to communicate in new and more profound ways the various experiences …

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