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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.
NCAA Self Report Feedback Requested
As we prepare to submit the final draft of ACU's Self Report Document to the NCAA, ACU's NCAA Steering Committee requests faculty feedback on the Self Report as it currently stands. Please note that the formatting of the report is not complete, so we are looking for...
The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count
First and last classes are the bookends that hold a semester together. How can we finish the semester with the same energy we had at the start? A few ideas: Source: The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count
Summer Faculty Institute 2016
Given the centrality of food in Christian practice and imagination, what might it mean to “eat well” in our teaching, learning, and scholarship? How might eating as a metaphor enlarge our thoughts and shape the ways we organize our classrooms, plan our syllabi,...
Paths to personalized learning
In February, 2016, I worked with Dr. Alexander Romiszowski of Syracuse University in writing a series of articles about personalized learning for World Innovation Summit for Education's Ed Review. In this series we put the much-hyped personalized learning in...
Video response: saving time without losing touch
One significant but rarely discussed issue with online teaching is that both teachers and students could have a "reading overload.” Appropriate use of online teaching tools and media components help to address this problem. In a recent Adams Center session for...
My Best Lecture: The Casual Adventurer's Guide to the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
In the fall of 2014, the Adams Center began our popular “My Best Lecture” series, which spotlights faculty presenting on a topic that excites them and engages their students. The series connects colleagues across the university to engage meaningful conversations and...
How to check word count in Canvas
Canvas Speedgrader does not have a Word Count feature, though it is under development according to this thread. Before this feature becomes available, you can get your word count in either of these two ways. This may be a fairly minor issue, but it can be annoying if...
Online Teaching Certificate Program
Online teaching is being seen as a “disruptive innovation” for higher education with the potential for changing the ways students learn (Read this New York Times article for more information). On many campuses, online teaching is a regular alternative to face-to-face...
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