Recent Entries
You’ll find the latest from the Adams Center staff here at the Adams Blog. The content varies, but the subject is always the same: teaching and learning.
iPad Apps for Reading
Written by the Instructional Design Team Hoopla (free): This is an app that allows you to check out digital books and movies from the public library, if such titles are available in digital format. Not every library book or movie is available yet, but it is a nice...
In Case You Missed It – Peace Conference with Lisa Shannon – 3/3/14
If you missed the Peace Conference lunch session with special guest Lisa Shannon on March 3rd, don’t worry! You can watch the full podcast of the session here.
Cleaning up Word Formats
Written by the Instructional Design Team As computer programs do not always talk with each other very well, things copied from Word (or other rich format processing applications) may “choke up” a content page or activity in a learning management system (LMS). It is...
Backing up Your Course Data with CourseSites
Written by Berlin Fang You can use the “export/archive” functions to back up your course data with CourseSites. You will need to do this for a number of reasons: Creating a copy of the course so that it can be imported into a shell in future semesters; Restoring a...
Tellagami for Communication and Learning
Written by the Instructional Design Team Tellagami is a great mobile app. You can use a photo (or a stock) background. Add voice or type in dialogue. You can send it by text, twitter, email, and embed one in an online class. You can post a slide, a saying, or learning...
Managing Assignments with CourseSites
Written by Berlin Fang Collecting student assignments by email can add to the increasing clutter of our digital lives. Well, there is a method to madness. You can collect assignments using your learning management system. All major learning management...
Grading Assignments with an iPad
Guest post by Professor Karen Cukrowski I want to share with all of you a MAJOR time saver I learned here at the Adams Center when Cynthia Powell was teaching us how she uses Notability in her classroom. I’m going to show you Notability ($1.99). However, iAnnotate...
Active Learning Activities: Poll Everywhere
Written by David Christianson Active learning isn’t about fun. It’s about engagement. It’s about doing something with information beyond intake and producing output. It’s about producing output right now, in the moment, and not waiting for a paper due in two weeks or...
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