MA Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference 2011, April 15, 2011
Proposal guidelines and a form with which to send in your proposals is linked below. Note that the deadline has been further extended to March 11, 2011. Be sure to […]
Teaching & Learning
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 […]
Audio Feed for Your Blog!
I am piloting the audio feed service from odiogo.com. This can provide enhanced accessibility for visually impaired readers through a feed service that “reads” each of your posts. You can […]
Research Examines What Motivates People to Comment Online
This is a study of a BBC news website. The findings are basically that people comment on articles or blogs if they have an emotional reaction to the content. Click […]
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction – NYTimes.com
This is an excellent, in-depth article that explores some studies comparing TV watching and interactive computing time among high school students. It profiles a high school student who struggles to […]
Next Generation Learning Challenges
This is the website for the Gates Foundation/Educause program to support college completion. The first “Wave” of this project is focused on open courseware. Browse the site to learn more […]
Clickers: Not (Only) What You Thought
Frank S. did a brilliant workshop in the CTL last week, demonstrating how, in the year or so he has been using clickers in his science classes, his use of […]
Gainful Employment Regulation Update
On September 24, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would issue final regulations on gainful employment in early 2011, rather than by November 1, 2010. The Department made […]
Youtube now directly records from your webcam
This is a real breakthrough! Now you can open your youtube account, select Upload a video, and you will see at the top of the screen the option “Record from […]
White House Summit Closing Session
You can view the closing session here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/10/05/community-college-summit-closing-session Here is the “ideas” bulletin board again, on which you can post and vote on ideas presented. [Scroll down the page for […]
