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Believe it or not, the Internet is 40 years old today (September 2). Most of us only jumped into the digital world 10 or 15 years ago, but indeed the technology has existed for much longer. Can you even remember what life was like when we actually went to the Library to do research or stood for hours in line to register for courses? How are lives have changed! To learn more about the history of Internet, read ABC Timeline’s The Internet Turns 40 Today…or Does it? Developed by George Siemens of the University of Manitoba, the Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning is intended as a resource for teachers who want to integrate technologies in their teaching and learning activities. Table of Contents:
As of August 24, 2009, teachers at Vanier will have access to the popular Turnitin plagiarism prevention service. I (Marleigh) will be the Turnitin administrator for the College. Turnitin will replace EVE2, the plagiarism detector previously supported by the College. So, what is Turnitin? Turnitin is an online service that processes all the papers your students submit, compares them against continuously updated databases and then churns out an “Originality Report”. Continue reading » I have decided to use the summer as a time to test out a few tools that I keep hearing about but have never bothered to really explore. Here is the list. If you have used any of these tools, let us know by adding a reply/comment. At the end of the summer, I will post my reactions to these tools and let you know which ones I have dropped and which ones (if any) I have adopted
As a finale, if you want to get a sense of just how many of these sites/networks/services there are, check out the social media map at The Conversation Prism. Yikes! Article by Scott Jaschik published on June 29, 2009 on Inside Higher Ed, an “online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education.” “Online learning has definite advantages over face-to-face instruction when it comes to teaching and learning, according to a new meta-analysis released Friday by the U.S. Department of Education. The study found that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through face-to-face instruction. Further, those who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all. That finding could be significant as many colleges report that blended instruction is among the fastest-growing types of enrollment.” Read the full article Here are some great resources for teachers using clickers in their classes: Clicker Resource Guide – An Instructor’s Guide to the Effective Use of Personal Response Systems (Clickers) in Teaching (UBC): A comprehensive guide to teaching with clickers in higher education – this would be a great place to start if you are thinking of giving clickers a try in your classroom. Clickers at Vanderbilt University : This guide to teaching with classroom response systems is geared to faculty at Vanderbilt, but is very useful to others as well. It features descriptions of useful types of clicker questions and activities, as well as suggestions for handling some common challenges involved in teaching with clickers (you can ignore the section entitled CRS at Vanderbilt as this info. is specific to that university.) However, do make sure to look at the Bibliography section which contains links to many research articles investigating the use of clickers in the classroom. Teaching with Classroom Response Systems : This is a blog maintained by Derek Bruff of Vanderbilt University. It is devoted to the use of clickers. On this blog, Derek posts any news he finds about the use of clickers. This is a great resource and one not to be missed! Clickers and Peer Instruction: A simple introduction to Peer Instruction and how this teaching method can be facilitated through the use of clickers. Here are a few recent articles showing how clickers have been used in several other cegeps. If you have any questions about the technology or want to start using clickers yourself, please get in touch with me! Continue reading » |
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