UNC recently announced that the official campus learning management system will become Sakai by fall of 2014. This change to Sakai it has the potential of being one of the largest technological shifts that the University has experienced in the last 10-12 years. Sakai is an open-source based learning management system that was developed...
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This presentation was part of the PowerPoint Brownbag series organized by Dale Roenigk. On September 16th, Will Cross and Emily King presented on best practices for using images in teaching. The information provided were best practices and not legal advice, but more suggestions. Will Cross shared five best practices for teaching with images: Assume...
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A new book from Nicholas Carr makes the case that our Internet browsing, tweeting, IMing and texting is significantly changing us–the shape of our brains, how we think, our ability to concentrate and learn. I’ve heard the discussion before and read some of the interesting research on the topic. It seems to be true,...
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I mentioned this nifty classroom question tool in an earlier post, but felt it needed it’s own post as it could be widely applied in our face-to-face and some online programs at the SOG. Live Question Tool is a web-based tool that lets clients at your presentation post questions for the speakers. As questions...
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The UNC Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) announced a new series of workshops on visual literacy. The series of sessions will expose you to a wide variety of image and media collections, and media tools available at UNC. It also covers the pedagogical, legal and technical issues that surround the use of copyrighted materials...
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Intruguing title, but what isn’t the headline telling us, and what are some of the relevant details? The 93 page report examined the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008. Some of it was in K-12 settings, but most of the comparative studies were done in colleges and adult...
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How does the concept of frugality apply to teaching and learning? For me, it is about being economical while being effective–that is: using sound instructional practices that have been empirically proven to produce learning, focusing on the knowledge and skills learners need to do their jobs and protecting learners from cognitive overload, and producing instruction...
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A couple weeks ago, construction was completed on the new multi-use, computer classroom in 1300, funded by the Knapp Foundation. The 20-computer, 30-seat room is now ready and can be scheduled in CollegeNet. The room has already accommodated multiple successful inaugural training sessions. It has been thrilling to see people in the room anxiously engaged in...
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Our new poster theme emphasizes the truth that teaching is more than telling or presenting. Alone, telling and showing do not automatically result in learning. Learning is most likely to occur when 1) the information presented meets a learner’s needs, 2) when learners adapt the knowledge to their context, and 3) when learners get...
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Dona Lewandowski recently created a powerful introduction to her course that really anchors and gives a human face to the technical information she was attempting to communicate to her Magistrates. Dona considered her clients, identified a “missing link” in her course, and came up with this solution. Her solution is simply brilliant, easy to...
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