Interactive fiction, texting, and English composition
Presentation Abstract: As our students spend more time on the Internet and less time with actual physical texts, it becomes essential for educators to adopt new tools to teach the pedagogy of English composition and writing skills. Using the history...
Promoting interaction and establishing a sense of community in an asynchronous speech course
Presentation Abstract: How do educators promote the same type of interaction, the same give and take and interest in an online speech course that is offered asynchronously? Can a sense of community be achieved in such a course? What tools and innova...
E-readers and e-books: the good, the bad, and the ugly
This session discusses two projects using e-readers at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a project using e-books at Berkeley College. The use of e-readers and e-books for textbooks has been a "hot topic" in higher education in 2010, following pil...