Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Technology Projects to Decrease Passivity
This article appeared August 4, 2014, in Faculty Focus. Dr. Shibley describes a few interesting active learning approaches. Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Technology Projects to Decrease Passivity Ike Shibley, PhD Passivity still seems to be the norm...
Workshops Coming Soon!
Educational Media Technologies will be hosting two workshops in August that will cover web conferencing, lecture capture, video streaming, video repositories, recording lectures at home, and much more. Come and join us for: Web Conferencing at NMCAugust 12,10:00 -...
Grade Book Training – Now & August
Available Now - Online Training: (Self-paced basic overview with tutorials) 5 Steps to Moodle Gradebook Success Note: Log into Moodle for the link to work correctly. The Educational Media Technologies Department is also happy to meet with instructors individually...
Learning That Lasts: Helping Students Remember and Use What You Teach
By Tyler J. Griffin, PhD, published 4/14/2014 in Faculty Focus. This article is a good reminder and reinforcement of many aspects we discussed in our recent Designing the 21st Century Learning Experience AQIP project. The recommendations are both important and...
To improve student performance, start thinking like a coach
As a farm kid, I never had time for sports, never had an opportunity to work with a great coach. Even so, this article on coach-like feedback resonates with me as it makes a compelling argument for a means to improve learning. Jeff / CIE. To Improve Student...
Bay Path university teacher Tom Mennella provides a detailed look at his flipped course and how students are benefiting from this instructional model
My Flipped Classroom – I Will Never Teach Another Way Again by Thomas Mennella on July 1, 2014 In March of 2014, the Flipped Learning Network (www.flippedlearning.org) adopted and released a formal definition for flipped learning: “Flipped Learning is a pedagogical...
Goodbye VHS and Video Distribution
We have officially said goodbye to VHS Technology and Video Distribution. Educational Media Technologies has removed all VHS tapes from the media library. We will be sending those VHS tapes to recycling on August 1st. If you would like any of these VHS tapes for your...
A Prisoner for Technology
I was recently sent to the Ohio State Reformatory to do hard-time attending the Ohio Moodlemoot in Mansfield, Ohio. Once in custody, we were all held prisoners for the two day conference in hopes that we would learn something new. The conference focused on how...
An Effective Learning Environment is a Shared Responsibility
This article by Maryellen Weimer, PhD, appeared in the June 18, 2014 edition of Faculty Focus. Whether it’s a student who is texting during class, an online student who makes minimal comments to the discussion board, or a teacher who marches nonstop through mountains...
Moodle Gradebook: You Asked. We Listened!
We have removed 2 unnecessary columns in the Moodle Gradebook. The Email Address and the Phone number columns no longer appear in the Moodle Gradebook allowing more of the grade book to be seen. Use the My preference tab in the Gradebook to make adjustments to the...