by Shaylee Southerland | Jan 17, 2014 | Instructional Design
A Faculty Focus article published in January 2014 discussed a study which suggests that not that many students take advantage of faculty feedback to improve their work. The article argues that, though students are not blameless for ignoring professor’s feedback,...
by Shaylee Southerland | Jan 16, 2014 | Instructional Design
Please note that CourseSites uses Eastern Time, and we were told that it is not yet possible to customize it to use Central Time. This has implications for time-sensitive information. For instance, if you set your quiz to be available at 9:00AM, the quiz will be...
by Trey Shirley | Jan 13, 2014 | Instructional Design
<![CDATA[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...
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,...