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Teaching with Apps

There are thousands of apps that are available to liven up your classroom. Apps give you the ability to add new elements to your lectures that will benefit both you and your students. Apps are usually inexpensive or free and give you unlimited resources to incorporate into the classroom. Each week, I will introduce new… more »

Using Technology to Help Your Students “Bloom”: Matching Today’s Tools to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Posted On May 9, 2013

With interactive technology and mobile innovations, savvy instructors can facilitate and promote active learning both within and outside of the classroom. Using the context of Bloom’s taxonomy, Dale’s Cone of Experience, and applied Affordance Theory, this presentation provides instructors with insight and guidance in selecting technology tools to address learning objectives and shed light on… more »

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) to the Classroom

Posted On May 9, 2013

The recent movement towards BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has gained rapid traction in higher education as more institutions realize how powerful students’ smart devices can be for facilitating learning when used effectively in class. Via Response is a cloud-based student response platform that enables instructors to conduct assessments, attendance, and live chats using students’… more »

NVivo – Invigorating your Teaching and Student Learning

Posted On May 9, 2013

Looking for ways to do in-depth analysis of your students’ writing assignments to inform your teaching, or perhaps to publish research within the scholarship of teaching? Or, wanting your students to engage in qualitative analysis of text and even visual imagery? Check out this session! Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh illustrates how you can use NVivo qualitative research… more »