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How to write good multiple choice questions

by Trey Shirley | Mar 1, 2016 | In Case You Missed It, Recording

How do you write multiple choice questions that are valid and just? What kind of “testwise” clues do you want to avoid? What are the pros and cons for using textbook questions? To address these and other questions, listen to the following podcast by Dr....

The Idea of the University: Session 1 Video

by Trey Shirley | Oct 19, 2015 | Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Recording

This semester, Dr. Fred Aquino is leading a discussion on The Idea of the University.  Purposeful teaching and research at ACU is dependent upon sustained and serious reflection upon the idea of the Christian University within our context. Along these lines, the group...

The Impact of Mobile Technology on Student Attitudes, Engagement, and Learning

by Trey Shirley | Sep 10, 2015 | Adams Blog, Featured, In Case You Missed It, Mobile Learning, Recording

In this presentation, Houston Heflin shares the results of a study examining student engagement and higher order thinking skills in a cooperative learning environment both with and without mobile devices. The study was conducted with 170 university students in three...

My Best Lecture: Steven Moore

by Trey Shirley | Apr 24, 2015 | Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch, My Best Lecture

As part of the My Best Lecture Series, Steven Moore leads colleagues in a discussion exploring the mighty power of words to realize their ability to unveil the ugliness of humanity as well as shine a light on the beauty that is around us and within us in a lecture...

My Best Lecture: Jaime Goff

by Trey Shirley | Feb 13, 2015 | Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, My Best Lecture, Uncategorized

Do our experiences as young children influence the types of leaders we become? Jaime Goff presents My Best Lecture: From the Cradle to the Board Room.

My Best Lecture: Paul Morris

by Trey Shirley | Jan 30, 2015 | In Case You Missed It, My Best Lecture

Whether we have free will and what exactly free will requires of us have long been problematic and unresolved issues. To most people moral responsibility seems to rest on our having some form of free will. The lecture will critically survey the contemporary status of...
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  • How To Effectively Use Technology in the Classroom: Student Fellows
  • Vimeo
  • Using Lockdown Browser for Secure Testing
  • Lecturing from the Screen
  • Semester Course Template
  • Try Canvas New Features
  • Adams Center’s Berlin Fang Receives Award
  • Faculty Fusion 2018
  • Adding extra credit
  • Online Teaching Summer Camp
  • Summer Faculty Institutes 2018
  • Have Canvas automatically deduct grades for late submission
  • ACU in Leipzig – Adams Center hosts faculty workshop   
  • Adams Center Summary Report 16-17
  • Back-to-school list for Canvas
  • Cloud Clipboard: Copying content between your computer and devices
  • 2017 Fall Faculty Reading Groups
  • Faculty Fusion 2017
  • Use Blueprint courses to synchronize changes
  • Canvas and Turnitin Dates
  • Making your classroom hospitable for international students
  • Tools to make scheduling easy
  • Use a semester template for your course
  • Canvas Semester-end Reminders
  • ACU Faculty Honored for Using Turnitin
  • Encourage students to view your feedback
  • Common Turnitin Issues
  • Using the New Turnitin Feedback Studio iPad App
  • Does your course deliver what your syllabus promises?
  • Fall 2016 Adams Center Reading Groups