Creating Online Learning Spaces through Peer-to-Peer Blogging
Using Blackboard Blogs, students in Global Social Change, an online social science course, were assigned to create individual blogs that focused on global issues-social, environmental, and political-and their relevance to one country. For example, a...
iPad Classroom Connection: Facilitating Academic Excellence
The iPad is an innovative technology that has transformed how individuals share and interact with information. The multi-sensory design of the iPad and the plethora of applications pertaining to academics have made this technology an invaluable devi...
Soft launching an institutional ePortfolio initiative
This presentation highlights Passaic County Community College's decision-making process approach to piloting online portfolios to support student learning and assessment. It features the college's experiences after 18 months of an e-portfolio initia...
Utilizing distance learning technology to enhance face to face classroom instruction
In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in different technologies and computer applications that have enabled instructors to provide additional learning outside the classroom, to provide videos of teacher classroom instruction as well as ...
A Method to Online Course Design Madness: A Collaborative Approach
Montclair State University (MSU) has been moving quickly in developing online degree programs and individual online courses. In order to ensure high-quality online education, a social interaction-embedded content development model and template have ...
Practical tips for online teaching and communication
Master teachers and career trainers develop intuitive skills to keep a room full of learners engaged and on task. Group facilitators can quickly create a trusting, open group dynamic through observation and response. Without thinking, an experienced...
Disaster Recovery
This tips and techniques session is best for administrators looking to deploy Disaster Recovery (DR) to another site for Exchange and other critical virtualized servers. The session will focus on real world case studies of implementing VMware Site R...
Maps, math & media in multicultural education: chat & click in the college curriculum
Presentation Abstract: Today new generations use a variety of mediums to communicate and form communities of interest outside the classroom. There is an obvious disconnect between current educational practices and what the students are exposed to in...
Electronic portfolios: documenting learning outcomes
Presentation Abstract: Academic and professional standards require documentation of learning outcomes. For students in Communication Disorders programs, specific documentation of the knowledge and skill requirements of the American Speech-Language H...
Journeying through digital storytelling
Presentation Abstract: Digital storytelling can be a powerful tool for improving teaching and learning regardless of the subject matter or discipline. While providing students with a forum in which to tell their stories whether these are about perso...