by Berlin Fang | Feb 28, 2017 | Instructional Design, Significant Learning Taxonomies
In a recent Adams Center session on making classrooms welcoming places for international students, Lucy Dawson from the Center for International Education, Dr. Carly Dodd (Professor of Communication), Dr. Monty Lynn (Professor of Management) and Dr. Lori Houghtalen,...
by Berlin Fang | Sep 1, 2016 | Instructional Design
Creating a syllabus is a daunting task. Once created and shared with students, does your course actually reflect what you have written in the syllabus? Having the course one way and allow the course to deviate is like a builder having a blueprint for a house and...
by Berlin Fang | Jun 28, 2016 | Instructional Design
If you hear me speaking to myself in my office, it is not a sign that I am getting crazy. I might be “typing”. Voice recognition technologies have made it possible for us to input by simply speaking. Here are a few examples: “Type” on a mobile...
by David Christianson | Apr 13, 2016 | Informative Articles
First and last classes are the bookends that hold a semester together. How can we finish the semester with the same energy we had at the start? A few ideas: Source: The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count
by Berlin Fang | Mar 11, 2016 | Instructional Design
In February, 2016, I worked with Dr. Alexander Romiszowski of Syracuse University in writing a series of articles about personalized learning for World Innovation Summit for Education’s Ed Review. In this series we put the much-hyped personalized learning in...
by Berlin Fang | Mar 8, 2016 | Instructional Design
One significant but rarely discussed issue with online teaching is that both teachers and students could have a “reading overload.” Appropriate use of online teaching tools and media components help to address this problem. In a recent Adams Center session for...
