Oct 6, 2014
Did you happen to read the Scoop post Accessibility Experience – Ready to Listen? It contained a couple of helpful links to free screen reader programs. Those programs can help you check if your material is accessible to students with low or no vision. So, you...
Sep 29, 2014
Speak the language your learners are listening in. reproduced with permission from Scott Hamm, Abilene Christian University What is this language? This language is normally portable, visual, and entertaining. Using a text message to communicate with students is an...
Sep 26, 2014
Maryellen Weimer discusses the role of content in her highly-acclaimed “Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice” (Osterlin’s CIE collection has a few copies). In this recent article for The Teaching Professor Blog, she challenges us...
Sep 24, 2014
“The main ingredient in all success is wise choices. That’s because the quality of our lives is determined by the quality of the choices we make on a daily basis.” Skip Downing, On Course, Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. The...
Sep 19, 2014
“Most people are hung up on the idea of asking for help. From the time we’re born, we are told that the American ethic is self-reliance. Pull your own weight, row your own boat, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and a host of other similar sayings pervade our...
