Faculty Technology Institute

Faculty Guest Post: Incorporating VoiceThread into Hybrid and Flipped Classes

by Jessica Smith | May 31, 2016 | 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...

#TLTCon Featured Session: Casting Your Web

by Mendi Benigni | Jan 28, 2016 | Events, Faculty Showcase, Faculty Technology Institute, TLT, TLTCon

Are you interested in learning about web building tools? Do you want to learn how to create a custom website for your course? If so, you’re going to LOVE this session! Casting Your Web: Building a custom website for your course (for free!) Presenter: Paul...

TLT Conference Call for Session Proposals

by Kaitlin | Oct 12, 2015 | Events, Faculty Technology Institute, TLT

TLT invites you to submit a proposal to present at The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Conference, the next generation of the FTI. This event is designed to bring together expertise from across campus, spotlight teaching excellence, and provide a space for idea...

Concepts, Connections, and Constructivism: Mind Mapping for Pre-service Teachers

by Mendi Benigni | Jul 1, 2015 | 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...

Guest Post: Adapting lectures for a visually-impaired student and planning for new technologies

by Kaitlin | May 29, 2015 | 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...

Guest Post: Playing games to engage students in a non-majors biology course

by Kaitlin | May 28, 2015 | 1-1-1, Faculty Technology Institute, TLT

Our guest blogger is Kathleen Janech from the Department of Biology. In 2014, Kathleen attended the Faculty Technology Institute. This blog post is a report and reflection on implementing strategies and technologies from that workshop. Kathleen describes her endeavors...