Faculty Apparently Use Social Media
Inside Higher Ed discusses the results found by a survey conducted by Pearson on faculty use of social media. The results are pretty surprising.
Category: education
Way Better Than an Hour Long Powerpoint
I recently came across a fairly unique presentation format called Ignite! The basic premise is well captured by its tag line, “enlighten us, but make it quick.” Speakers have 5 minutes to present 20 slides that advance automatically every 15 seconds.
Your Professor Serves at Applebee’s (Or: Why Profs Hate Texting In Class)
College students everywhere, heed this metaphor: Imagine you’re a server in some sort of fern-filled bar/restaurant – let’s say Applebee’s. You’re serving 20 people in a single group, all by yourself. You in fact...
College Courses as Live Games
An instructor at Indiana University has replaced the A-F grading system in the courses he is teaching with a point system based on experience points.
Risks and Ethics of Training and Educating in Second Life
Several pieces have been floating around in the last week or so on virtual crime. It centers around a basic question: is interpersonal crime committed in a virtual space really crime if there is no real-world corollary?
Quick Bits #1
Seven bits of news, including Kia putting Facebook in your car, Barnes and Noble starting up a textbook rental program, and students are 600% more depressed than they were 70 years ago.