by Laura Plotts
on August 1, 2016
in 1-1-1, Innovative Instruction, iPad, Web 2.0
This month’s faculty blogger is Heidi Collins, who is Adjunct Faculty of French in the Department of French-Francophone-Italian Studies. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Looking to shake up lectures from the typical Powerpoint and searching for a vehicle that better integrated student response in the presentation, I experimented with Nearpod during the Spring 2016 semester. This app allows an […]
by Mendi Benigni
on June 6, 2016
in 1-1-1, Best Practices, Presentation, Video
Our guest blogger is Dr. Kate Mullaugh, Assistant Professor in Chemistry. These instructions are based off iMovie version 10.1.2 on a MacBook Pro Laptop. Do you teach a course or lab that requires students to carry out a task using a specific hands-on technique? You may have experienced of a large group of students huddled […]
by Jessica Smith
on May 31, 2016
in 1-1-1, Faculty Technology Institute, Web 2.0
Today’s Faculty Guest Post is from Glen Riecken, Visiting Professor of Marketing. Glen attended TLT’s 2015 Faculty Technology Institute. In this post, he reflects on the process of incorporating VoiceThread into his MKTG 302 (Marketing Concepts) courses. I am writing this blog post based on my experience incorporating VoiceThread into my MKTG 302 classes over […]
by Jessica Smith
on May 5, 2016
in 1-1-1, Assessment, Best Practices, Research, TLT
Today’s Faculty Guest Post is from Chris Mothorpe, Assistant Professor of Economics. Chris attended TLT’s 2015 Faculty Technology Institute. In this post, he reflects on the process of revising and improving a group research project in two of his courses: Urban Economics and Economics of Geography and Transportation. This is an excerpt from Chris’ own […]
by Mendi Benigni
on August 3, 2015
in 1-1-1, Best Practices, instructional technology, TLT
Our guest blogger this week is Louise Ackerman from Health and Human Performance. That might be a slight exaggeration. My experiment with blogging wasn’t a total failure, but it also was not the resounding success I envisioned. Background As the faculty coordinator for Public Health Internships one of the challenges I face is finding ways […]
by Mendi Benigni
on July 27, 2015
in 1-1-1, OAKS
Our guest blogger is Dr. Karen Hakim-Butt. Dr. Hakim-Butt is the associate dean in the School of Education, Health and Human Performance. During the 2014-2015 year she was asked to serve as the interim department chair for one of the school’s department, Health and Human Performance. The department of Health and Human Performance has experienced explosive […]
by Mendi Benigni
on July 1, 2015
in 1-1-1, Collaboration, Faculty Technology Institute, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy, TLT
Keonya Booker, Assistant Professor in Teacher Education, recently presented Concepts, Connections, and Constructivism: Mind Mapping for Pre-service Teachers at the 2015 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy at Virginia Tech. As a result of what she learned at the 2014 Faculty Technology Institute she presented on how she used collaborative idea maps to help students make connections. Below […]
by Kaitlin
on June 9, 2015
in 1-1-1
Our guest blogger this week is Dr. Adem Ali, an assistant professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences. Dr. Ali attended the Faculty Technology Institute in 2014. In this post, Dr. Ali describes his strategies and success using Poll Everywhere in his courses. Poll Everywhere is an adaptable and now a popular […]
by Kaitlin
on June 4, 2015
in 1-1-1
Our guest blogger this week is Dr. Kristin Krantzman from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Dr. Krantzman attended the Faculty Technology Institute in 2014. In this post, Dr. Krantzman recounts her experiences using Poll Everywhere to provide students with opportunities to work on practice problems during class. Poll Everywhere is a program that […]
by Kaitlin
on May 29, 2015
in 1-1-1, Faculty Technology Institute, Innovative Instruction
Our guest blogger is Robin Humphreys from the Department of Geology. Robin attended the Faculty Technology Institute in 2014. In this report, she details her experiences modifying lecture materials to meet the needs of a visually-impaired student. Teaching introductory courses has many challenges, such as how to keep student attention in a large lecture […]
