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#OneNewThing: FlipGrid – lots of new features and totally FREE!

by Mendi Benigni | Jan 7, 2019 | Collaboration, discussion, Video

FlipGrid is a video discussion platform that allows the professor or teacher to create a topic and the students to respond to that topic via video. It can be used to: hold online discussions, practice languages or public speaking, hold online debates, create class...

New Way To Introduce Course Content In Your Classes

by Mendi Benigni | Jan 23, 2017 | Assessment, discussion, Innovative Instruction, instructional technology, Pedagogy

Everyone who has ever tried Kahoot loves it. We love it because it is fun, exciting, and a great way to review material. However, have you ever tried to use it to introduce new material? If you haven’t, you may want to take a look at Blind Kahooting. A Biology...

#OneNewThing – Padlet

by Mendi Benigni | Dec 13, 2016 | Collaboration, discussion, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Portfolio, Presentation, Research

“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any...

App of the week: Blab

by Laura Plotts | Apr 27, 2016 | Collaboration, Conferencing, discussion, Mobile, social networking, TLT, Web 2.0

What is Blab? From Blab’s site “a platform for publicly broadcasting live video conversations or talk shows.” Blab allows for live video conversations. In addition to a host you can have 3 other people talking live at once on a split screen. All...

TLT’s Distance Education Resources Blog

by Amy Ostrom | Jan 16, 2016 | Best Practices, Collaboration, discussion, Distance Ed, Events, Information Session, Innovative Instruction, instructional technology, Mobile, Pedagogy, social networking, TLT, Training Opportunities

TLT has a new resource available exclusively for our faculty who teach, or are interested in, online instruction! http://blogs.cofc.edu/dereadiness/ There are two paths to choose from depending on your role: Choose this path if you: Have never taught online before...

Tips For More Effective Online Discussions

by Mendi Benigni | Oct 28, 2015 | Best Practices, discussion, TLT

There are many ways in which faculty can extend the classroom conversation online; OAKS Discussion board, VoiceThread, and blogs to name a few. However, there is an art to getting students to actually think critically and discuss thoughtfully in an online...