Friday, March 31, 2017

Effects of Faculty Experiences as Students


Going back to school as a student is a reveling experience for faculty members. Many things can be learned to improve the academic experience and to embrace the needs of students once teachers come back to their classrooms. In her article When the Teacher Becomes the Student, Dr. Maryellen Weimer reacts to the finding of brave teachers who survived the challenge and told us about it.

Friday, March 17, 2017

eLearning Trends


eLearningArt.com survey 49 experts to find out the top trends in eLearning. The list yielded the following: Mobile, micro-learning, video, virtual reality, social learning, eLearning Decline, Gamification, Artificial Intelligence, and interactions as the  9 Top eLeraning Treds of 2017.


Friday, March 3, 2017

Academic Transformation

Community Colleges Point Toward New Directions in Digital Innovation



Community colleges are becoming digital innovators in education. The increase of online classes is calling for a new ways to deliver content, engage students and keep them motivated to successful achieve their educational goals. This guide created by EdSurge explains how Community colleges are embracing a new educational paradigm.

Friday, February 17, 2017

Apps



Every day there are new Apps that motivate students to do homework or dig a little bit deeper into the subject matter. In this article Gary Darling explains how to use Popplet to create mind-maps; Seesaw for the construction of digital portfolios; Explain Everything for interactive screencasting; and Notability, to create notes that integrate type, drawing, audio, and pictures. Read 4 Apps that Bring Daily Classroom Activities into the 21st Century. 

Friday, February 10, 2017

Video Lectures Best Practices


Everyone want instructional videos to have a long lasting life. Shweta Vyas in her article Extending the Shelf-Life of Your Instructional Videos: Six Common Pitfalls to Avoid describe simple errors that can impact the usability of videos.

Friday, January 27, 2017

Good Design



Creating Power Point cards is an art. It also requires good design to make effective eye-catching slides. Reducing the clutter is important for a presentation to have the impact we desire.

A few basic rules of graphic design can help you in the creation of slides, chart, or presentation boards. Read all about The Importance of White Space in E-Learning in this article.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Positive Psychology in the Classroom



Positive emotions are contagious, creating an inviting positive environment and context can help students enjoy and be more productive during class. These feeling can transcend outside the classroom.

Read all about it Toward a 'Positive U' written by Beverley Myatt, MA, and Lynne N. Kennette, PhD.