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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.
Writing with the iPad
Written by Berlin Fang In one of our recent surveys on iPad usage at Abilene Christian University, we found a good “word processing” app is what students want most from an iPad. I do hope that someday someone can produce something like Microsoft Word for iPad, but I...
Using Word Clouds for Reflection and Discussion in an Online Class
Written by Scott Hamm Word clouds (Wordle) are those fun & familiar combinations of words that summarize a topic or idea. We’ve seen everywhere from the USA Today to Facebook. They can be used to promote reflection and synthesis on course content. Here’s how:...
Brainstorm Doc and Marshmallow Toss
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...
How to Capture and Annotate a Screenshot
You may sometimes need to share certain things on your screen with students or colleagues. Taking a screenshot has never been easier. You can even edit it in a variety of ways. Here are a few methods: For instance, iDevice: If you use an iPad/iPhone and you would like...
Released: The 2014 Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition
This internationally recognized annual report highlights six emerging technologies or practices that are currently impacting or will be entering mainstream practice in higher education over the next five years. Trends listed in the 2014 report: Growing ubiquity of...
Active Learning Activities: Talking Chips & Real Time Case Study Discussion
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 a test on Thursday. Students...
Sending Email via Your Course Management System
If you use your email to communicate with students in a class, you will need to create folders or tags to track such emails. You probably will also have to create email groups for various classes. Students or you may also delete such email messages by accident, or...
Active Learning Activities: Give Me Three Steps and Think-Draw-Pair
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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