Innovative Instruction

Apple Watch in the classroom?

by Laura Plotts | Sep 30, 2016 | Checkout Equipment, Innovative Instruction, Presentation, Productivity

I recently received an Apple Watch (Series 1) as a gift and given the nature of my job I was curious how Instructors might integrate this technology into their teaching and learning. My personal use of the watch did not provide many connections to classroom use, so I...

Why should I flip my classroom?

by leea5 | Sep 19, 2016 | Innovative Instruction, Presentation, Teaching Advice, Tech Generation, TLT

Flipping the classroom seems to be the newest buzzword in education, both in higher ed and in k12 but what are the benefits of this method and what exactly is a “flipped classroom”? Flipped Classroom A flipped classroom is a reversal of the norm,...

Faculty Guest Post: Nearpod as an alternative to PowerPoint

by Laura Plotts | Aug 1, 2016 | 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...

Create Fun Polls and Quizzes with Riddle

by Jessica Smith | Feb 22, 2016 | Assessment, Innovative Instruction, Web 2.0

Riddle is a FREE web-based tool that allows users to create opinion polls, lists, quizzes, and personality tests. If you’re familiar with Buzzfeed (your students will be), Riddle allows you to create similar quizzes. It’s a fun and simple formative...

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...

Innovative Uses of the VoiceThread Commenting Feature

by Mendi Benigni | Nov 23, 2015 | Distance Ed, Innovative Instruction, TLT

STANDARD USE OF VOICETHREAD Most people use VoiceThread to deliver online lectures or to have students deliver project presentations. Very few use the commenting tool for more than just recording an audio or video voiceover. The Commenting tool however, can be used...