by Shaylee Southerland | Jan 14, 2014 | Archived
A group of ACU faculty are preparing for the third annual STEM for Girls day camp partnering with AISD’s Academy for Technology, Engineering, Math and Science. The STEM for Girls event is a faculty led initiative dedicated to encouraging girls’ interest in the...
by Shaylee Southerland | Jan 13, 2014 | Instructional Design
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...
by Shaylee Southerland | Jan 9, 2014 | Instructional Design
If you intend to use CourseSites to teach this semester, here are a few suggestions we would like to share with you to help you get ready. 1. Set up your course shell, if you haven’t done so already. We would also recommend you set up a sandbox shell to test...
by Shaylee Southerland | Dec 10, 2013 | Instructional Design
A recent Technician Online article, based on a study done in the University of Texas at Austin, showed that “frequent quizzes could improve course scores, attendance in class”. The same principles applies to hybrid teaching and online teaching. Schwartz and Gurung,...
by Shaylee Southerland | Dec 5, 2013 | Instructional Design
Using photos in your presentations is much more effective for learning than displaying your speaker notes. Here are a few photo websites you can use to gather copyright-free photos. Be sure to follow the guidelines for attributing ownership of the images. Not only is...
