Distance education has been around for quite a while (remember hearing about correspondence courses? one started in 1728), then radio and television-based education entered the scene and now we have online education, with MOOCs, Khan Academy and the rest. I think online education as we now know it is still in its infancy and I’m …
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Let your students know how they’re doing
One of the nice things about small class sizes is that it’s fairly easy to know how your students are doing. If they’re talking in class and doing well on assignments and quizzes, it’s not too hard to have keep their pulse and help them succeed…right? Back when I taught English composition in Ecuador, I …
How can technology help address common teaching challenges?
A few ideas bubbled up at the block 5 block break workshop we did on that topic. We started off with a presentation from Thomas Riedel of Regis University in Denver, who told us about a project undertaken there to help students better understand academic integrity issues. We then split up into groups to talk …
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The unholy trinities of classroom technology usage | Dangerously Irrelevant
Ouch. Scott McLeod makes a good point, though. The comments suggest two different models for technology use in the classroom. I feel that using these technologies is not bad, if you are using them for the right reasons. Keeping students engaged? Sure. From The unholy trinities of classroom technology usage | Dangerously Irrelevant. The unholy …
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