Planning for Success: Selecting Instructional Materials for All Students
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits state and local entities – including colleges and universities -- from discriminating on the basis of disability. Title III of the ADA likewise sets these same standards for private educati...
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills with Thought Experiments & YouTube
Critical thinking is a skill that is highly valued by educators but difficult to teach. This presentation will explore unique teaching methods to promote abstract, critical thinking skills using thought experiments from philosophy and YouTube videos...
General Session III - Rethink Refresh Reboot @ NJEDge.Net
This video covers an introduction by Edward Chapel, Senior Vice President, NJEDge.Net along with George Laskaris, President and CEO of NJEDge.Net who provides a status update on its activities.
SHOCK: Role playing games for group discussion
SHOCK: is an independent role playing game that I have adapted to class discussion and readings. In this workshop we will use a simplified version of Shock: Social Science Fiction RPG by Joshua Newman. Bio:
Rick Anderson is Director of Virtual World...
Summer Luncheon 2016 - Honoring George
This Video from the NJEDge Annual Summer Luncheon honors George Laskaris - CEO of NJEDge.Net
Let’s Play! Powering-Up Higher Ed, or, Making learning for faculty, staff, and students fun again!
What would happen if more people used gameplay as guidance for real-world decision-making? Games have been a source of entertainment, motivation, and engagement for thousands of years. In this day and age, technology reigns supreme as a platform for...
Opening Remarks
Introductory remarks by Sheri Prupis from NJEDge.Net, Dr. Patty Kahn and Dr. William F. Burns from Brookdale Community College.
Leveraging MOOCs in a Flipped Classroom: An Experiment
Some believe that MOOCs will create a revolution in the higher education and successfully provide a substitute for the traditional instruction, however many others are highly skeptical about the impact and quality of MOOCs and their credibility. Ins...
Making Learning Visible to Increase Student Engagement
Based on educational research from the Project Zero group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this presentation discusses the practice of using a public forum in both online and in face-to-face classes and having students publicly reflect o...
No Escape: Delivering applications to students and faculty anywhere, anytime, anyplace on any device.
Students rely on their phone, tablets, and other devices to manage their lives outside of class. In order to meet the expectations of modern students in a BYOD world, college and universities must find a way to adapt to the ever changing pace of edu...