Quantitative Literacy in Social Media 2010
And the lesson is: if you want your students to find out something from you, ask Lady Gaga to tweet it???? Social media 152 million – The number of blogs […]
2011
Irony Alert: Desire2Learn, Critic of Litigation, Sues Over Utah Contract – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dear Colleagues, Some of you who remember that D2L was one of our LMS candidates may enjoy reading this article. Apparently, the higher ground is hard to hold!! http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/irony-alert-desire2learn-critic-of-litigation-sues-over-utah-contract/29118
Professional Development Grants for Spring 2011
The grant applications and information have been posted at the link below. Applications are due Friday, February 4th. http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/ctl/pd-grants/
Did you know… about Jill Biden…
“From 1993 through 2008, Biden was an instructor at the Stanton/Wilmington campus of Delaware Technical & Community College,[12][18][19] where she taught English composition and remedial writing, with an emphasis on […]
One More on Clickers…
A very thoughtful report on the types of questions one can use to elicit information and student engagement using clickers: http://www.podnetwork.org/publications/teachingexcellence/09-10/V21,%20N3%20Bruff.pdf
Clickers and Peer Instruction
If you are interested in clickers, please ck out this resource from Harvard. Physics Professor Eric Mazur is a lead user of clickers, and has developed best practices for peer […]
Chapel Hill Campus Takes On Grade Inflation
What does an “A” mean? Less and less if they are given out too readily, according to this report. Yet in difficult economic times, an “A” takes on extra value […]
Ed Tech Forecasts for 2011
These forecasts for the direction of educational technology are not surprising, as they are continuations of current directions: Mobile computing Tablet, touch screen Cloud based Personalized and engagement-based learning are […]
