Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence: May 2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

USF Workshop - Effective Lectures - June 3

Workshop: Effective Lectures

We’ll offer tips to help you organize your content, deliver with greater clarity, and enhance student recall of the material.

(June 3, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, SVC 1072

Thursday, May 30, 2013

USF Workshop - Interactive Teaching Techniques - May 31

Workshop: Interactive Teaching Techniques

You may use some interactive techniques in your teaching already, like the “one minute paper” or “think-pair-share.” We’ve got a list of 195 such techniques we’d love to share with you! (and we will want to learn from you what your favorites are).

(May 31, 11:00 am-12:00 pm)

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/30/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

The 8 Elements Project-Based Learning Must Have: http://bit.ly/14Zdcab
You can stop worrying about MOOCs now http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2013/05/you-can-stop-worrying-about-moocs-now.html …
The Pedagogical Foundations of Massive Open Online Learning Courses http://ow.ly/2xgq42
Research for Practitioners: Does Information Structure Affect Learning? by News Editor http://ow.ly/2xgycP
8 Steps To Great Digital Storytelling http://ow.ly/2xgoNc

Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@byuctl
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@DU_CTLAT
@Edudemic
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/29/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

How To Gamify Your Classroom In 6 Easy Steps http://ow.ly/2xeu5S
How to Use Online Learning Tools to Increase Interaction and Improve Learning Outcomes http://ow.ly/lue0d
5 Free Online Courses For Social Media Beginners... http://fb.me/1PsjkieBT
4 Steps To Take Digital Visual Notes http://zite.to/116m8Xm
Can Faculty Misinterpretation and Misuse of Student Rating Results Lead to the "Dumbing Down" of College Education? http://j.mp/131cDfs

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

USF Workshop - PowerPoint and Beyond - May 29

Workshop: PowerPoint and Beyond
Learn how to use some of the basic and advanced features of PowerPoint, as well as the top 10 DOs and DON’Ts for creating visually engaging classroom presentations. We will also explore steps to getting started with Prezi. Feel free to bring your own presentations with you to this hands-on workshop.

(May 29, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm, SVC 1072)

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/28/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

4 Visual Guides To Bloom’s Taxonomy Apps http://edudemic.com/2013/05/blooms-taxonomy-apps/ … http://fb.me/UaBWbHyQ
Meeting information literacy outcomes: Partnering with faculty to create effective information literacy... http://ow.ly/2xcNyb
The 5 Biggest Education Technology Trends To Know About... http://fb.me/2GJ4jXkrR
How To Build An Online Community: The Ultimate List Of Resources (2013) http://ow.ly/lrjFu

Monday, May 27, 2013

USF Workshop - Lecture Capture (Panopto) - May 28

Workshop: Lecture Capture (Panopto)

USF has implemented a limited solution for lecture capture in several Tampa-campus buildings (especially Business, Education, and Engineering). We’ll help you with the soft skills of lecture capture, such as how to be interesting as a “talking head,” what to wear, and other do’s and don’ts.

(May 28, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, SVC 1072)

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/23/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

A Florida first: UF offering cheaper online learning degrees http://ow.ly/2x5wmJ
How to teach students better online research skills. Great advice (and working link!) http://ow.ly/lj0XF
A Simple Guide To 4 Complex Learning Theories http://edudemic.com/2012/12/a-simple-guide-to-4-complex-learning-theories/ …
10 Interactive Lessons From Google On Digital Citizenship: http://bit.ly/193tsJV
What professors can learn from the 'hard core' #MOOC students: http://chroni.cl/11bbcqj
All profs' job to teach writing. The instruction does not stop in Comp. http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/is-it-the-english-departments-fault/38725?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en …
How to Get Better Feedback from Students http://ebm.facultyfocusemail.com/c/tag/BRnMBcB8X3cvB8yiXrAAAAABMr/doc.html …

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/22/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

iPads In The Classroom: The Right Questions You Should Ask... http://fb.me/G7eNfq41
3 Strategies to Engage Millennials – We Aren’t That Different As a millennial, I feel like we already have a bad... http://fb.me/1xc26A4Kd
'No department, of course, would claim the abuse of graduate students as part of its mission statement' http://www.berfrois.com/2013/05/linda-zionkowski-women-scholars-dynamics-economic-
Why Multiple-Choice Only Quizzes Suck http://dlvr.it/3Pjgnx
The Teacher's Guide To Twitter http://edudemic.com/guides/guide-to-twitter/ …
A Straightforward Guide To Using Pinterest In Education http://edudemic.com/2012/12/a-straightforward-guide-to-using-pinterest-in-education/ …

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

USF Workshop - iPad Apps for College Teaching - May 22

Workshop: iPad Apps for College Teaching

We’ll isolate the top twenty apps useful for teaching, but also provide you with dozens more that are discipline-specific to give you ideas for how you might use iPads in the classroom. Come ready to share your own practices as well.

(May 22, 1:00pm-2:00pm, SVC 1072)

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/21/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

Tips and Tools For PBL Planning: http://bit.ly/142iD9Z
Lawmakers boost education spending, expand online learning http://ow.ly/2x1T8w
Teach online research skills using one of these 15 lesson plans (via @Edudemic) http://bit.ly/10sCgpb
U.Va. Faculty, Students Give Online Learning a Mostly Positive Grade http://ow.ly/2x1EDV
The Teacher’s Guide To Flipped Classrooms http://edudemic.com/guides/flipped-classrooms-guide/ … http://fb.me/1HPocD91t

Monday, May 20, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/20/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

Teachers' Guides to Technology in Classroom http://edudemic.com/guides/
Building Community in an Online Class http://dlvr.it/3PBt2Y
The 7 Most (and Least) Effective Ways to Improve Student Achievement http://edudemic.com/2013/05/ways-to-improve-student-achievement/ …
How Online Translation Tools Are Now Being Used http://ow.ly/2x0I8T

Friday, May 17, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/17/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

27 Simple Ways To Flip The Classroom http://flip.it/0fxTy
12 Sure-Fire Ways to Make People Hate Your eLearning http://dlvr.it/3NWg9W
Georgia Tech, Udacity Shock Higher Ed With $7,000 Degree http://ow.ly/2wVZk8
7 awesome augmented reality campaigns http://is.gd/K4TgPJ
The 20 Best Pinterest Boards About Education Technology http://edudemic.com/2012/10/pinterest-education-technology/ …

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Teaching and Learning Links for 5/16/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

35 Digital Tools That Work With Bloom's Taxonomy http://edudemic.com/2012/11/35-digital-tools-that-work-with-blooms-taxonomy/ …
Congratulations, College Graduate. Now Tell Us: What Did You Learn? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130509131339-17000124-congratulations-college-graduate-now-tell-us-what-did-you-learn …
18 Myths of #Educati http://dlvr.it/3NH4Bx
eLearning: What's My Motivation? http://dlvr.it/3NH4B8