by Shaylee Southerland | Oct 4, 2013 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies
Apple computers have trackpads with features to allow you to navigate with finger swiping, which can be useful or annoying depending on how you use them. When you navigate with the OpenClass gradebook, you will be able to use two fingers to swipe to the left or right...
by Shaylee Southerland | Oct 1, 2013 | Instructional Design, Science of Learning
In 2012 New York Times educational blogger Annie Paul Murphy wrote about music and productivity in which she concluded: “Classical or instrumental music enhances mental performance more than music with lyrics. Music can make rote or routine tasks (think folding...
by Shaylee Southerland | Sep 30, 2013 | Instructional Design
Written by the Instructional Design Team Evernote is a great application for taking notes in text, audio, and photos using your mobile devices and computer. It is one of the most popular note-taking applications that is used increasingly in education. Dr. Tim Sensing...
by Berlin Fang | Sep 27, 2013 | Course Applications, Instructional Design, Uncategorized
RSS (Real Simple Syndication, as it is often explained) is a way to aggregate blogs or news you frequently read. You probably are already using it without knowing it. Many modules on your MyACU page are actually RSS feeds. ACU News, for instance, is an RSS feed. RSS...
by Shaylee Southerland | Sep 24, 2013 | Informative Articles, Instructional Design
This short article describes three strategies for online formative assessment — 1. directed paraphrasing, 2. student-generated test questions, and 3. double-entry journals. Click here to read more: Classroom Assessment Techniques.
by Shaylee Southerland | Sep 20, 2013 | Informative Articles, Instructional Design
Written by the Instructional Design Team During an Adams Center workshop (September 19, 2013) on helping Chinese students to study in America, one of the things we discussed is the facilitation of group work with Chinese students in them. Group work is an extremely...
