Friday, September 30, 2016

Give PP Slides vs. Asking students to Take Notes

Having good note-taking skills will help students with their listening skills, information processing, understanding, studying, and test taking. Teachers can help students take good notes by identifying key concepts, asking students to retrieve information from previous notes or to summarize information at the beginning of class, they can also ask students to refer to the notes from test questions that were missed by multiple people. Read Maryellen Weimer's article Tips for Developing Students' Note-taking Skills


Friday, September 16, 2016

Protecting Our Students Rights

In his article and accompanying video  give best practices to create an inclusive respectful environment in the classroom and online. Read all about it in Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom.


Friday, September 2, 2016

Highly Desirable eLearning Elements

Karla Gutierrez from shiftlearning.com/blog talks about the most important areas in a eLearning course. She mentions intro, responsiveness, visual design, navigation, multiple learning channels and practice and feedback. Read all about it in The Six Must-Haves for Every eLearning Course