Originally published on: December 13, 2011 Throughout this semester, there have been two exchanges in New Chalk Talk, a CLT workshop and a CLT Forum, …
Digital Education
Visual Thinking in the Classroom (2) “Read for a Minute, Discuss for an Hour”
Originally published on: December 6, 2011 Recent research shows that visual arguments understood in less than thirty seconds persuade more effectively than lengthy reports detailing …
Teaching vs Research: Moving the Debate Forward (Part 2)
Originally published on: May 4, 2010 The previous Newsletter concluded that for research to be seen to contribute to higher-quality teaching, faculty should provide students …
Teaching vs Research: Moving the Debate Forward (Part 1)
Originally published on: April 20, 2010 The perennial problem of the relationship between teaching and research has persisted in academia for generations, but with some …
E-Content: Student Content Creators: Convergence of Literacies
Originally published on: December 8, 2009 There is ample evidence that students are creating all types of digital content and disseminating it via the Internet. …
Face-to-Face Communication and Computer Mediated Learning: Building Communities with Social Presence
Originally published on: October 20, 2009 Blackboard, Lecture Capture, ScribeNotes, Turnitin.com, Wikis, Blogs, Videoblogging, Podcasts, Google Apps (e.g., Google Talk; Google Docs; Google Reader), Ning, …