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Free Rice! What is it?

Do you personally like quizzes? Do you give pop quizzes? Do you construct quizzes as informal, low-stakes assessments?   If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in “Free Rice” as a tool in your classroom. The following article, “5 Ways to Enhance Student Learning Using Free Rice“, gives a …

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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

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Your Summertime Scholarship Work

New Article: “The Semester is Over! It’s Time to Write!” https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1010-the-semester-is-over-it-s-time-to-write?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en If you are among the faculty who use the summer to work on scholarship endeavors, the CFEI would like to point out a few resources that might be helpful to you. Check out the CFEI website page on Scholarship: http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/rsca/scholarship.aspx Also, for your convenience, the CFEI has a …

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Blended Learning: The Secret is in the Blend

As our University moves forward with offering blended courses beginning in Spring 2016, a timely article was published on blended learning. A discussion of the necessary conditions and a list of resources was included.   https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/secret-blend

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Scholarly Publishing Resources

On March 9, the Faculty Center hosted a Panel Discussion on the Publication Process with Provost Adolfo Benavides as moderator and Drs. Augustine Arize, Salvatore Attardo, Venugopalan Cheriyath, and Jon Travis as panelists. A video recording of the discussion is now available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYnvQyMWbs&feature=youtu.be. Also, a guide to answer frequently asked questions was developed as …

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