Spotlight – Dr. D’s Tips for Success
In this month’s “Others” blogpost for the Teaching and Learning Team Holistic Development, I want to draw attention to Mark Del Mastro’s website where he regularly updates a page called “Dr. D’s Tips for Success.” He has been a constant source of encouragement to me...
App of the Month: Digitally Sign Documents with Apple’s Preview
Apple has made some changes to their old PDF standby, Preview. If you’ve used it before you know it’s a great app to view PDFs and images on your Mac. But recently they made some cool changes and the coolest is that you can EASILY add your signature to a...
Professional Learning Club Applications are OPEN!
The Professional Learning Club (PLC) applications are now open and will close on July 15th so APPLY TODAY! A Professional Learning Club is a group of faculty that meets to collaboratively reflect on and improve their teaching practices. These learning clubs will...
Improve your, and your students’, reading and writing confidence
Did you know that the College has purchased a site license for Read&Write from TextHelp (thanks Disability Services). Read&Write is a toolbar for your computer or web browser that allows the users to increase their literacy. This toolbar works in any...
5 Great Sites to Help You Find Open Educational Resources (OER) for Your Course(s)
What is OER? “Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium–digital or otherwise–that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and...
Small Teaching Tip #17: Crafting a Learner-Centered Syllabus
Historically, a syllabus has been defined as an outline of the topics to be covered during a course. But in the past twenty years, the functions of our syllabi have expanded greatly. Common functions faculty cite include serving as a contract, listing required...Dr. Henry Roediger on Memory and Learning
Dr. Henry Roediger was on campus May 16th as the keynote speaker for TLTCon, speaking to us retrieval techniques as an aid to learning. He is an expert at in the area of “applying knowledge from cognitive psychology to the realm of education,” having authored over 175...The Pixel Painter: Art making is accessible to everyone
The Pixel Painter from The Pixel Painter on Vimeo. As an instructional technologist and digital artist, I’ve taught people of all ages how to be creative with computer software. I see no distinction between using a mouse, crayon or sculptor’s chisel to make something...
Using Team-Based Learning in a Large, Fixed Seating Classroom
Do you teach in a large, fixed-seating classroom and think you can’t do group work successfully? Well think again! Team-based Learning, or TBL, is a teaching strategy that is an “evidence based collaborative learning … strategy designed around units...Stay In The Loop!
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