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...
by Shaylee Southerland | Nov 26, 2013 | Instructional Design
Some professors are considering using CourseSites as an alternative to OpenClass to manage their teaching online. CourseSites is a cloud-based learning management system, equivalent in much of its functionality to the latest Blackboard enterprise version. As each...
by Shaylee Southerland | Nov 14, 2013 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies
Written feedback has been a staple in the grading process in higher education. Although, sometimes written feedback (like any communication medium that is overused) can become white noise to students who often admit they don’t read it. Audio feedback is an option that...
by Shaylee Southerland | Nov 12, 2013 | Instructional Design
Using Shadow Puppet (similar to Photostory on Windows side) for storytelling invites the use of imagery and narrative in formative and informative ways in teaching, training, and learning. This app lets students put those iPads and smartphones to work collecting...
by Shaylee Southerland | Nov 11, 2013 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies
Evernote is a versatile tool for taking notes in a variety of format, including text, audio and picture, which you can easily tag for retrieval and share with people you designate or the general public. You can also use Evernote to do some quick editing with photos in...
by Shaylee Southerland | Nov 1, 2013 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies
During the summer we offered a workshop on using iPad in teaching. By popular demand, we are offering a sequel on November 7th on teaching with the iPad. In this hands-on workshop the Adams Center instructional design team will demonstrate five iPad apps that may make...
