At the International Conference for Educational Development in June 2018, Mary-Ann Winkelmes shared a template that can be used as a guide for developing, explaining, and discussing class activities and out-of-class assignments. She shared that “Making these aspects of each course activity or assignment explicitly clear to students has demonstrably enhanced students’ learning in a national […]
Continue reading →The 21st century replacement for pen and paper is finely here – the tablet. University are developing software and teaching methods that take advantage of the tablet PC’s unique capabilities. Tablets in teaching is not new. It’s caught on in the medical professions where doctors use them to take notes and update patient charts. But […]
Continue reading →“There are many challenges in higher education environments, particularly engineering education in a multicultural society. Some of these include the effective communication of difficult mathematical concepts maintaining students’ attention span, the difficulties of catering for individual student needs in a large classroom environment, different paces of student learning, and lack of fluency in written English […]
Continue reading →In advance of our migration from Managed Hosting with Blackboard to Saas (Software as a Service) hosting in the Amazon Cloud during December Break 2017, we are reviewing the possibility of upgrading during the week between Summer 2017 and Fall 2017 terms. Why upgrade? We are currently on the Spring 2016 release of Blackboard that […]
Continue reading →Wonder what colleagues are trying in their classroom? Looking for new teaching ideas to engage your students? Want to find out what it takes to implement a new teaching strategy? Interested in collaborating with colleagues? Learning Innovation & Technology invites you to attend the Faculty Teaching & Learning Showcase and Reception on Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 from […]
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