by Trey Shirley | Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
A number of our professors use Turnitin to check originality of student papers. Turnitin helps to compare student work with its repository of student papers, as well as online sources. What if students have cited every source properly, but the sources they cited from...
by Trey Shirley | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Inside Higher Ed recently posted an excellent article for teaching international students, which highlights the need to examine the challenges in classrooms with both domestic and international students in what I would call a “cul-brid” (culturally hybrid)...
by Trey Shirley | Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
It has been seven years since Apple released the iPhone, and we seem to be observing something like a “seven-year itch” in our love for mobile learning. As smartphones become consumer products, mobile learning’s hype is wearing off — mostly in a good...
by Trey Shirley | Oct 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
This may not be the best time to argue for educational testing given its bad press, given the many arguments against testing. For instance, testing could reduce education to the dog wagged by its tail. Test-driven educators may focus narrowly on preparing students to...
by Trey Shirley | Aug 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Turnitin is a web-based application you can use to check plagiarism, grade student work and facilitate peer review among students. It is used by an increasing number of ACU professors to manage class assignments. It works best for grading various types of paper...
by Trey Shirley | Aug 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you use CourseSites as the LMS for your coming semester, please be reminded that you will need to “invite” students to your course, and students will need to “confirm and register” to be able to get in to the course. In a way, this works...
