Initiatives - Adams Center

Instructional Uses of "Spark"

by Trey Shirley | Jun 24, 2016 | Instructional Technologies

<![CDATA[Some of you may have heard of “Adobe Voice”, a super-easy way to create a digital story with graphics and perhaps some background music. Some of our faculty and students have already been using it. Adobe also had a tool called Adobe Slate that...

Online course orientation module for students

by Berlin Fang | May 4, 2016 | Summer Online

If you will be teaching an online course, please remember that some of your students may not have had any experience with online learning or Canvas. I strongly recommend that you send a welcome message to them before course starts. I have drafted sample message for...

Houston Heflin researches HeadsUp as a technology tool in collaborative learning environments

by Danielle Peeler | Nov 1, 2015 | faculty spotlight, Mobile Learning

The Adams Center would like to recognize faculty who have exhibited extraordinary teaching, scholarship and service. We want to congratulate faculty members for their hard work, achievements and advancements in their field. This month we are spotlighting Houston...

The Impact of Mobile Technology on Student Attitudes, Engagement, and Learning

by Danielle Peeler | Sep 10, 2015 | In Case You Missed It, Mobile Learning, Recording

In this presentation, Houston Heflin shares the results of a study examining student engagement and higher order thinking skills in a cooperative learning environment both with and without mobile devices. The study was conducted with 170 university students in three...

Campbell Lecture Series: January 21, 2014 with Carisse Berryhill

by David Christianson | Jan 23, 2015 | Adams Center Event, Faith & Learning, In Case You Missed It

Long before James K. Smith, Campbell understood the importance of beauty, narrative, and imagination in moral formation. Exciting manuscript evidence reveals the roots of his aesthetics, his pedagogy, and the practices he employed as a Christian educator.

ACU Chooses Canvas

by David Christianson | Dec 12, 2014 | Instructional Design, Instructional Technologies, Mobile Learning

It’s official – Canvas is now the enterprise learning management system for Abilene Christian University. Canvas is built in such a way that it can effectively be used for both fully-online and face-to-face courses. Tools such as SpeedGrader make grading and...

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