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.
2012-2013 Mobile Learning Report
2012-2013 Mobile Learning Report In 2010 ACU received a $1.8 million grant from AT&T to enhance mobile learning on campus. Transform may be a better word, because the impact of the project has been nothing short of remarkable. What you will see in the following...
Disable Two-Finger Swiping
Apple computers have trackpads with features to allow you to navigate with finger swiping, which can be useful or annoying depending on how you use them. When you navigate with the OpenClass gradebook, you will be able to use two fingers to swipe to the left or right...
Music and Attention
In 2012 New York Times educational blogger Annie Paul Murphy wrote about music and productivity in which she concluded: "Classical or instrumental music enhances mental performance more than music with lyrics. Music can make rote or routine tasks (think folding...
Using Evernote for Ethnography
Written by the Instructional Design Team Evernote is a great application for taking notes in text, audio, and photos using your mobile devices and computer. It is one of the most popular note-taking applications that is used increasingly in education. Dr. Tim Sensing...
Using RSS Feeds
RSS (Real Simple Syndication, as it is often explained) is a way to aggregate blogs or news you frequently read. You probably are already using it without knowing it. Many modules on your MyACU page are actually RSS feeds. ACU News, for instance, is an RSS feed. RSS...
Using Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Proactive Approach for Online Learning
This short article describes three strategies for online formative assessment -- 1. directed paraphrasing, 2. student-generated test questions, and 3. double-entry journals. Click here to read more: Classroom Assessment Techniques.
Tips for setting up group work with Chinese students
Written by the Instructional Design Team During an Adams Center workshop (September 19, 2013) on helping Chinese students to study in America, one of the things we discussed is the facilitation of group work with Chinese students in them. Group work is an extremely...
Use YouTube in Class, Minus the Distraction
Written by the Instructional Design Team You may sometimes find a good video from YouTube that you would like to share with your students. Or you may want to share a video you produced yourself with your students. It can be annoying to go to YouTube, search for the...
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