by Shaylee Southerland | Feb 18, 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 | Feb 17, 2014 | Instructional Design
Written by Berlin Fang In one of our recent surveys on iPad usage at Abilene Christian University, we found a good “word processing” app is what students want most from an iPad. I do hope that someday someone can produce something like Microsoft Word for iPad, but I...
by Shaylee Southerland | Feb 13, 2014 | Instructional Design
Written by Scott Hamm Word clouds (Wordle) are those fun & familiar combinations of words that summarize a topic or idea. We’ve seen everywhere from the USA Today to Facebook. They can be used to promote reflection and synthesis on course content. Here’s how:...
by Shaylee Southerland | Feb 12, 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 | Feb 12, 2014 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies
You may sometimes need to share certain things on your screen with students or colleagues. Taking a screenshot has never been easier. You can even edit it in a variety of ways. Here are a few methods: For instance, iDevice: If you use an iPad/iPhone and you would like...
by Shaylee Southerland | Feb 4, 2014 | Instructional Design
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 a test on Thursday. Students...
