LGBTQ Safe Zone Session
On Thursday, April 19, 15 faculty and staff gathered in the CTL to discuss the notion of a “safe zone” for LGBTQ students and staff. An informative and open discussion […]
2012
Call For Proposals for LAANE Conference at GCC
Learning Assistance Association of New England Call for Proposals 29th Annual Conference – Friday, October 26, 2012 Greenfield Community College One College Drive “Student Success: There’s an App for That!” […]
Deepen your Turn It In Knowledge
Turn It In has just listed a number of live and on-demand (you can watch them whenever you want – play, fast forward, pause, etc.) available for the next few […]
Some Resources on Digital Grading
From Ohio State University “6 Things You Should Know About Grading in Microsoft Word” http://ocio.osu.edu/elearning/toolbox/brief/grading-in-microsoft-word/6-things-you-should-know-about-grading-in-microsoft-word/ From Duke University Trillium project, a number of faculty blog posts on how they have […]
Use of clickers spread far and wide – NY Times
At BCC, several faculty have used clickers successfully for formative assessment, to increase student engagement, and to review for exams. Some textbook publishers are now offering “clicker-enabled” presentations as instructor […]
Call for Proposals: The 8th Annual National Symposium on Student Retention
Call for Proposals: The 8th Annual National Symposium on Student Retention Abstracts due April 6 Sponsored by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma New […]
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses – NYTimes.com
A sign of the times, to be sure. While some attribute this move to the “EB-Killer app” Wikipedia, a more reasoned view is that information is changing so quickly — […]
Students Speak Out on the State of the Lecture
Kudos to the Chronicle of Higher Education for asking students directly to give their opinion of classroom lectures!
Horizon Report, Part 2
A group of six faculty and staff gathered in the CTL last Friday to consider the 2012 Horizon report (full report is at: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2012.pdf). The first point noted was that […]
Horizon Report 2012
We’ll be discussing this today in the CTL at noontime. Look for notes from the session next week!
