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Category Archives: Center for Teaching and Learning
Enhancing Social Engagement in Your Courses
Rainbows do need rain. Is social media just a distraction from formal learning for college students, or can it be channeled to enhance learning? Are you wondering how to foster greater student engagement in your courses? Vexed that some of … Continue reading
Posted in Center for Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Learning
Tagged hybrid, online, social engagement, social media
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Dumbing Down or Teaching UP?
Public education is committed to the ideal that all students must have equitable access to learning…equitable is the key word here. Brain research confirms what every teacher has known for centuries: students vary widely in their prior knowledge, skill development … Continue reading
Reflections on National Postdoctoral Association 2013 Annual Meeting
I’m grateful to Barb Bond, Director of OSU’s Office for Postdoctoral Programs, for encouraging me to develop a poster and attend this year’s National Postdoctoral Association 2013 Annual Meeting that was held in Charleston, SC, this past weekend (March 15-17). … Continue reading
Education Dis-ease
I have been an educator for over thirty years: from elementary school to a tier-one research institution. I have noticed over the years, a general trend that I find curious…at the very least. Education, like any other discipline, has it’s … Continue reading
Tools for the MOOC
At the end of January, I started my first MOOC: E-Learning and Digital Cultures, offered by University of Edinburgh through Coursera. One of my goals early on was to compile a list of tools that I’ve used to organize and … Continue reading
Emerging Tech in Higher Ed . . .
The NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Higher Education Edition was released this week in conjunction with the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s annual meeting in Denver. This yearly report highlights emerging technologies that show potential to have a major impact on teaching … Continue reading
Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking
As educators we all want our students to become better problem solvers, to think outside of the box, to create novel and insightful solutions. But thinking, like other skills, must be modeled, practiced, practiced and practiced. It is only with … Continue reading
The Case for Gamification – TAC.FM
In this recorded episode of TAC.FM, Stevon Roberts and Mark Dinsmore talk about ways in which educators are applying game mechanics and game theory in educational contexts. The discussion begins with Valve software’s physics-based puzzle game “Portal.” The newest release from … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented reality, computer science, gamification, physics, TAC.FM
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