Enron unraveled
Presentation Abstract: On the surface, Enron conjures up Churchill's description of the Soviet Union "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Initially my freshmen Business Ethics students believe they will never figure out what is going on...
Using technology to create more time for helping students one-on-one
Research has shown that students who struggle to learn in traditional settings can often benefit most from one-on-one attention. Yet my sense is that few college professors believe they have the time to provide much one-on-one attention. I argue how...
Using Moodle/iTunes/CUBE software to create a flexible teaching environment
Presentation Abstract: Importance: The combination of Moodle / Itunes /CUBE software (developed at NJIT) provides an extremely flexible teaching environment where students can participate in the class in either convention face-to-face, hybrid or ent...
Web 2.0 tools and a CORE curriculum course
There is a need in the millennial generation to link classroom teaching with the ways that students learn best, namely using online applications linked to course content. This research project involved two faculty members and their students in a req...
Voices @ the Hall
Voices @ the Hall is a unique initiative that utilizes the potential of social media to support student inquiry and interdisciplinary collaboration. The foundation of this project stems from the collaboration between the Freshman Studies and English...
Delivering High Intensity Online Learning Programs that Drive Student Success
Online learning has created unprecedented opportunities for non-traditional students. But what models of instruction are best for serving them? This session will discuss a new educational delivery model that provides a “best of both worlds” – ...
The Distracted Nation: How Heavy Use of Technology Killed Two Rocket Scientists and Alters Our Own Brains and Behavior– in the cubicle and the classroom.
Cell phones, PDAs and computers have transformed life by allowing people to work and stay connected virtually anywhere. People are consuming three times as much information as they did a generation ago, but does this constant stream of stimuli come ...
The Changing Education Ecosystem: Planning for Opportunity
Marti Harris, research director at Gartner, discusses trends in the education ecosystem including:
How is IT changing the global education ecosystem and impacting the future workforce in society?, How should higher education institutions strategize ...
Teaching the Teachers
One critical aspect of adapting technology in Higher Education is providing training and support for faculty and staff, especially for those who are reluctant. This session will showcase some of the methods, ideas, concepts and issues that occur whe...
Google Earth assisted learning for general studies courses at Stockton
Presentation Abstract: This presentation discusses the use of a relatively new software technology called Google Earth in both a freshman level seminar course and in an upper level seminar course. The software is described along with a brief history...