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Hammering home your (power)Point – Presenting Part II
In my last post, I shared some ideas from EDUCAUSE’s Malcolm Brown on presenting. I ran out of time and space before I had a chance to finish! Here are some more of my thoughts on his tips. Idea 15:...
View ArticleWelcome & Welcome Back!
This is our busiest day here in the TTL group and we are thrilled to see all of the new and returning students and faculty! It’s the most wonderful time of the year!...
View ArticleWhat do new WPI faculty need the most?
A few weeks ago, we in the TTL team met with WPI’s newest faculty members, and the excitement was palpable. I shared some of the FAQ’s from that session here. As we prepare to support these folks...
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The online quiz feedback conundrum
Giving feedback to students taking online quizes can be tricky. While it is very easy to provide feedback to students immediately this is not always desirable; sometimes you want to wait until after...
View ArticleThe MOOC and You!
Communities of Practice have been long standing features at Higher Education Institutions; Journal Clubs, Special Interest Groups, User Groups, and even Study Groups are all examples of how we come...
View ArticleTips for Teaching Adult Students Online
Demographic studies of distance learning students indicate that they are older than students in traditional campus-based programs, they usually work outside the home, and many are married with...
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Characteristics of Distance Learning Students
Although it is not intended to identify distance learning students as a homogeneous group, research indicates that there are demographic and personality similarities among many of them that provide the...
View ArticleMid-term Course Feedback
We have been hearing some chatter from both students and faculty on the benefits of collecting feedback students in the middle of the term. Students appreciate the opportunity to give faculty feedback...
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Teaching Naked: a Review
Disclaimer: If you found this blog post by Googling, you may or may not be in the right place since the title of this blog post, and the book being reviewed, may seem somewhat… “controversial”…...
View ArticleA Media in the Classroom Case Study: MediaKron
I have a faculty guest blog to post! At the beginning of this past Fall, Professor Jill Rulfs incorporated a pilot media management system designed by Boston College into her freshman seminar class....
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Why is Blackboard trying to talk to Facebook (or Twitter)????
On Friday, January 4th, WPI upgraded our Blackboard 9.1 server to the latest release (Release 9.1, Service Pack 10 for those that prefer specifics). We’ll be highlighting some of the new features...
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Need to update your Profile?
So you logged into myWPI, noted the new profile options and decided “I think I will update this later.” You are not alone! Many people have decided that neither the Facebook nor the Twitter quick...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Spaces
You’ve set up your profile in the brand-new release of Blackboard. Great! Now, what are you going to do with it? One option is to set up a “Space”, which is essentially a tiny social organization...
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Apple Computers and Projectors on Campus
Editors Note: This week we welcome guest Blogger Michael Grossfeld. Michael is an avid Mac OS X user and has been giving the ATC lots of great advice for troubleshooting Mac laptop connections in our...
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Are we ditching finals? (weep) Alternative Assessment Ideas
My own undergraduate experience, which was so long ago that we didn’t even know the word “blog”, was full of midterm and final exams. But of all of these tests, I remember only one: my Introduction to...
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Why can’t I right-click to copy and paste in myWPI anymore?
The January 4th update to myWPI/Blackboard brought us some new features, including the new visual text-box editor (VTBE). We’re very excited about the new VTBE as it introduces many improvements,...
View ArticlePen Technology in Education
The use of pen-based technology at WPI breaks into three categories, as far as I can tell. I am open to argument about this, though! 1. Our amazing Interactive Media and Game Development courses. I...
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Blackboard 9.1 **NEW** Feature Spotlight: Inline Assignment Grading!
**BREAKING NEWS** To celebrate Pi Day, we’ve rolled out a new Blackboard feature: Inline Assignment Grading! What does this have to do with Pi? Absolutely nothing. But hey, I had to acknowledge...
View ArticleRubrics and Blackboard
ru·bric noun \ˈrü-brik, -ˌbrik\ 4: a guide listing specific criteria for grading or scoring academic papers, projects, or tests (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubric) I know, you are...
View ArticleTaking Classes with Google Glasses: Wearable Computers and Higher Education
Ok Glass, show me the future. With the first set of Google’s shiny new specs being sent out to the handful of lucky applicants, it’s only a matter of time before students and instructors end up with a...
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