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Citation Managers

Description Citation Managers are specialized programs used to collect, annotate, organize, share and create formatted bibliographies of articles and other...

Cloud storage is digital storage space distributed across multiple physical servers and often geographic locations. It is used to store, backup, host, and share digital files between web-enabled devices and other people.

Geo-blogging and Placed Based Learning

Geo-blogging lets you geolocate a piece of writing or media to an exact point on a map providing an additional dimension to any journaling or blogging assignment. A global map lets viewers navigate the collected geotagged blog content via markers on a map.

Google Forms for Education

Google Forms is a free tool from Google that allows you to solicit information from a group. Online forms can be used for event registration, user surveys, quizzes and test, worksheets, or evaluations. Responses are captured into a google spreadsheet, and summarized with charts and graphs. With a Google Apps for Education account you can also collect respondents’ usernames and require that respondents be from your school domain.

Assessment Tips for Multimedia Assignments

Description Multimedia Assignments present a unique challenge in assessment, since a degree of the criteria is qualitative rather than quantitative....

Presentation Tips for Students

All students have to deliver a presentation at some point in their college career, and often in the professional world beyond. These tips can help improve presentation effectiveness and reduce the stress of public speaking.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the practice of using another person’s words or ideas without providing proper credit and presenting them as one’s own work. Understanding and avoiding plagiarism will improve the quality of student’s writing and avoid academic dishonesty and fraud.

Polling Options/Audience Response

Description: There are multiple methods for receiving feedback on the fly through polling software and devices, allowing for real time...

Selecting Appropriate Assessments/Measurements of Learning Objectives/Outcomes

Selecting the appropriate assessments or measurements help faculty ensure that students are achieving the intended learning objectives/outcomes for the course.

Spreadsheet Basics

Spreadsheets are useful for storing and evaluating data, using basic statistical functions, and creating charts and graphs to present data visually.

Student Writing Tools

Writing studies scholars have challenged educators to find new methods for integrating innovative and disruptive practices into the curriculum. Digital writing tools provide such an answer. Dr. Joyce Carter, in her 2016 Conference on College Composition and Communication address stated, “As teachers – as well as colleagues and learners – we need to push our students, we need to push each other, to take such risks and make things.”

Active Learning Classroom

Description An active learning classroom (ALC) is a campus instructional space that has been designed to promote student-centered learning. Common...

Tips for Backups

Making regular backups of your files is an often overlooked, yet critically important part of keeping your data safe and secure. Be sure you are protecting it by having a clear backup strategy. The best strategy is one that you will make part of your routine. Below are some tips to help you come up with a strategy that will work for you.

Universal Design for Learning

Universal design for learning (UDL) is a pedagogical framework that aims to remove the largest possible number of barriers for all learners rather than retrofitting existing materials to address specific, individual learning differences. UDL practitioners design courses that present content, assess progress, and encourage engagement in multiple ways, ensuring equitable access for learners regardless of their needs.

3D Printing

Description: 3D printing is a process for making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down...

Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) is a computerized interactive and immersive environment that simulates a user’s physical presence within a virtual space, typically using a head mounted display (HMD).

Web Conferencing Considerations

Description Web conferencing has become more commonplace as teachers and students share and communicate remotely using video cameras and microphones...

So you think you want a website?

Description: Ready to break from the constraints of the LMS and build a website where you control the layout, graphics,...

Skills Badges & Transcripts

Description and Purpose: Badging is a way to give credit or recognition for achievements or skills not usually represented by...

Remote Telepresence Robots

Description: Telepresence robots are tablets integrated with a robotic carrier, either stationary or on wheels, in order to participate in...

Presentation Options

Description What to consider when choosing the right software application for presenting your content. Purpose Proper preparation and research before...

Finding Open Educational Resources (OER)

Description Per UNESCO, Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials in the public domain or introduced with...

Writing Measurable Learning Outcomes

Description Learning outcomes (also called learning objectives) are statements that clearly describe what students should be able to demonstrate with...

Makerspaces

Description and Purpose: Makerspaces comprise a community of collaborative creative spaces equipped with resources, ideas, and physical tools for building...

Online instruction using videos: Selecting instructional videos

Description: Online and hybrid classes rely on lots of text. Utilizing visual elements as an alternative instructional approach can lead...

Finding Creative Commons Media

Description: Learn how to quickly find and use media licensed under Creative Commons. Purpose: Creative Commons allows content creators to...

FERPA

Description The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, and its corresponding regulations give students certain rights...

Creating Instructional Video

Description: Instructional videos can lead to increased student engagement with course materials, as well as increased retention of the content....

Copyright and Fair Use Basics

Description: Copyright is a form of intellectual property that provides the creator exclusive rights to use and distribute the work...

Browser Basics

Description: A web browser is the application used to access the internet. Common browsers include Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari,...

Course Design for Blended Learning

Description Blended teaching most often refers to courses where a portion of the seat-time is replaced with out-of-class or technology-facilitated...

Digital Image Editing Basics

Description: Fundamentals of creating, editing and sharing digital images. Purpose: Digital images originate from a variety of sources, including digital...

Digital Image Compression

Description: Image compression technologies work to minimize the file size of digital images. The three common compression formats used for...

ADDIE Instructional Design Model

Description The acronym ADDIE describes a five-step instructional design model for creating effective instruction: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. Purpose...

Advanced Google Searching

The Google search box offers a good starting point to find information. Advanced Google search features improve search results and return more relevant information. Some advanced search features may be used directly in the basic search box, while others are accessed from settings.

Slide Presentation Design Basics

Well designed slide presentations can be an effective way to communicate information. Slide design is critical for maintaining audience engagement and content retention.

HTML editing

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is widely used to create and format web pages. An HTML element contains three main parts: the start tag, the content, and the end tag. Tags are delineated by <, > and /. When you view the HTML version of a web page, each element starts with , then contains the contents, then ends with . You can add attributes to elements to further refine formatting. Attributes are housed within the start tag and consist of a name and a value, separated by an equal sign (=).

Badging

Badging involves a feedback for concepts and skills gained, which lends itself to classroom application. Badges provide a tangible and familiar way to reward and incentivize learning.

Social Media

Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. In a learning environment, social media places learners in a broader context in which to understand the course material and their discipline as a whole.

Compressing Video for Sharing

Videos captured using cameras and mobile devices often record very large files. Unless the video is very short or using software that directly imports to YouTube, these files aren’t very portable or practical for distribution. To make these files more manageable, use a conversion tool like “Handbrake.” This kind of video conversion software will make large videos easier to move around, share, and store (there are many other software that accomplish this).

Wikipedia Editing

When students are asked to edit Wikipedia articles, they become contributors to a shared knowledge resource to which previously they'd only been consumers. This very public writing assignment can inspire critical and reflective analysis as well engage students in issues of digital citizenship.

Mind Mapping

Mind maps are a type of diagram used to visually display information about a central topic in a relational way. They are most effective when they incorporate the use of color and images, which stimulate the brain and aid in memory. They can be used to organize any type of information in any subject matter.

Engaging Learners in Online Discussion

An online discussion provides opportunities for students to engage in a vibrant learning community. The discussion provides a structure that supports instruction with asynchronous interaction.

Robert Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction

A way of structuring an instructional experience to maximize the amount of learning taking place. Most instructors say, “Students need to learn about x” or “I need to cover x amount of information with my students.” But the mind is not a vessel to be filled, the way you can fill a pitcher with water. The great educational theorist Robert M. Gagné (1916-2002) discovered that learning happens most effectively and efficiently when the mind is activated and attention is sustained in certain ways. He created a structure that he called “the nine events of learning” to describe how this process takes place for most learners.

Screencasting

A screencast is a recording of the actions occurring on a computer screen and generally includes audio narration of the on-screen actions. Screencasts can be used to create sophisticated multimedia presentations and instructional videos and are used in many online, flipped, and hybrid classrooms.

Journaling and Blogging

Blogs are a quick and easy platform for individuals or groups to publish content, collaborate, build and disseminate knowledge, or participate in scholarly discourse.

Google Maps

Google Maps is an interactive web service that provides detailed geographical information. It is a familiar tool used to view maps and as a route planner for drivers, bikers, walkers, and public transportation. Google Maps also includes street and satellite views of many places. With a Google account, you can create your own maps and add additional data, such as traffic information, photos, and annotations. Use Google Maps for simple mapping projects or to introduce students to using mapping before scaling up to more advanced options such as Google Earth, Google Maps Engine, or full-blown GIS tools such as ArcGIS.

Creating a Welcoming Community Online

A welcoming community is an important component in online learning environments, as it allows students to learn through social negotiation (asking and answering questions, showing empathy and concern, etc).

Team-based Learning

Group projects are an active learning strategy that help students move beyond passive receipt of information. Group projects tend to fall into two categories: (1) Cooperative projects typically use a "divide and conquer" technique: each student completes a portion of the work on his or her own, and then the group comes together to assemble the final project; (2) Collaborative group work requires interaction throughout the duration of the project.

Classroom Response Systems (Clickers)

Classroom Response Systems, or “clickers,” come in the form of personal handheld remote response devices or applications for existing devices (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). Answers are collected and displayed for instant review in class or stored for later review.

Backward Design: Choosing Technology Tools for Teaching

Develop learning goals before selecting a technology to support teaching and learning. Choose technology that advances instructional goals rather than distracting from them. Choosing a technology based on specific learning goals allows you to select the best fit for your activity and leads to less frustration in the long run.

Using Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy to Develop Learning Objectives

Since it was published in 1956, teachers at all levels of education have used Bloom’s Taxonomy as an aid to develop measurable learning objectives for students. In its latest version, Bloom’s Taxonomy consists of six major categories, listed here from higher order to lower order: Create, Evaluate, Analyze, Apply, Understand, and Remember. Each level includes specific verbs that can aid in constructing learning objectives. Effective teaching aims to guide students from remembering toward creation.

Backward Design

Backward design is a course development method that starts with the end in mind and promotes organization and active assessment. Instead of the traditional method of designing a course around content or textbooks, ask: what should students be able to do after completing the course?

Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling

Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling, or ARIS for short, is an open source place-based storytelling and gaming platform that uses server technologies and mobile devices to engage learners in completing measurable objectives. Content authors use a web-based tool to create experiences using points of interest defined on a map, associating experiences, interactions and assessment with each location.

5 Nov, 2015

Course Design for Blended Learning

Card Type: Pedagogy Difficulty: Intermediate Download Card (PDF) Description Blended teaching most often refers to courses where a portion of the seat-time is replaced with out-of-class or technology-facilitated learning. This process describes a strategy...

5 Nov, 2015

Digital Image Editing Basics

Card Type: Technology Difficulty: Beginner Download Card (PDF) Description: Fundamentals of creating, editing and sharing digital images. Purpose: Digital images originate from a variety of sources, including digital cameras, scanned images, saved images from...

5 Nov, 2015

Digital Image Compression

Card Type: Technology Difficulty: Beginner Download Card (PDF) Description: Image compression technologies work to minimize the file size of digital images. The three common compression formats used for images on the web are JPEG,...

5 Nov, 2015

ADDIE Instructional Design Model

Card Type: Pedagogy Difficulty: Beginner Download Card (PDF) Description The acronym ADDIE describes a five-step instructional design model for creating effective instruction: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. Purpose The goal of instructional design is...