Oct 25, 2016
In a word – YES! Who doesn’t like to have a moment of investigation and play? Where you can sit and observe, examine and play? Models are show-and-tell in the classroom. They provide us a quick hands-on tool to put theories to the test. Models allow us to...
Oct 25, 2016
We think of colleges as places where students do all the learning, but, in fact, faculty and staff are constantly learning as well. We learn from our students, we learn from our mistakes, we learn from conferences and professional journals, and we learn from each...
Oct 24, 2016
If “humor goes awry in the classroom” were a headline, we could all immediately imagine multiple scenarios based our own experiences or stories we’ve heard. Perhaps a student takes a teacher’s joke literally (e.g., a teacher saying “I want you to laminate these paper...
Oct 24, 2016
How are faculty using technology to support learning? The CIE November Friday Forum, co-sponsored by Educational Media Technologies, would like to extend an invitation to you to share your technology integration in your courses with your peers at our first Faculty...
Oct 3, 2016
Rocky, Rambo, Indiana Jones, and Jaws all had four sequels. The 4x4x16: Year 4 will be coming to a blog near you soon, and it will definitely be better than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As in years past, those that would like to participate in...