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Mathematica Presentation 10/27/2011
Sarah Wingfield of Wolfram, the makers of Mathematica, will be on campus October 27th, from noon-1:00pm in the Davidson Room. Sarah will be covering the following topics on the use of Mathematica- Editing text, generating quizzes, and making presentations Using … Continue reading
Pearson’s Open Class
Pearson launches a new LMS named OPEN CLASS: open, integrated with Google apps, and FREE — did anybody check it out during the EDUCASE conference last week? it looks promising… http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/view/t1
CourseSmart
I thought you might be interested–I am not sure if Mark talked about it at the non-org last Spring: CourseSmart With the growing popularity of ebooks and digital content, the stereotypical massive textbook no longer has its usual place in … Continue reading
2011 NITLE Summit report published
The report from the 2011 NITLE Summit was released today. Per the press release:The report—along with the discussions it represents and helps generate—will serve as a major input shaping NITLE’s work for the year to come. Based on conversations at … Continue reading
Study: Clickers are the right answer for college lectures
A new study involving a distinguished professor from the University of Colorado reveals that when interactive teaching methods are used in college lectures, students are more likely to show up to class and participate, and test scores skyrocket. Read more: … Continue reading
Tangled in an endless web of distractions
Interesting article….. Constant technology connectivity is distracting college students.
NITLE Summit 2011
Last week Karen Schmidt and I attended the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Summit. NITLE helps liberal arts colleges integrate inquiry, pedagogy, and technology. The keynote speaker this year was John Seely Brown. The topic of Dr. … Continue reading
Teaching and Learning Web Seminar Opportunity on March 21.
Please join us on Monday, March 21st from Noon-1:00pm in the Henning Room for an Educause Web Seminar hosted by Educause President Diana Oblinger, and special guest John Seely Brown. Diana Oblinger and John Seely Brown will discuss how the … Continue reading
Educause Fair Use Webinar
EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar February 25: The Future of Fair Use Speaker: Steve Anderson, Director, PhD Program in Media Arts and Practices and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Date: February 25, 2011 … Continue reading
Using Wikipedia as a Pedagogical Tool
The most recent issue of First Monday (First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet) has an interesting article on the potential for Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool that … Continue reading