January 13, 2021 Boost Engagement with Zoom Text Chat Reading Time: 2 minutes Ideas and tips for using text chat to boost engagement and clear communication during remote synchronous meetings Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Zoom or Teams
October 7, 2020 Competitive and Gamified Quizzes Reading Time: 5 minutes Educators across the globe use game-based quizzes to add a bit of competition and engagement to review, quizzes and retrieval practice activities. But what does the research say about these types of activities for learning? How can we best leverage them to improve student outcomes? Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
September 9, 2020 The Power of PowerPoint Reading Time: 2 minutes Many studies have investigated the value of using PowerPoint as a lecture tool. PowerPoint’s strength is often the comfort we have as educators and learners... Categories Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
September 8, 2020 Building Accessible PowerPoint Slides Reading Time: 6 minutes Tried and true, PowerPoint has been the best known presentation software for the last 30 years. Its strength is often the familiarity we have with using it, and many other apps and services are based on its look and feel. Categories Teaching Materials/Tech for New Faculty/Tech For Teaching
September 6, 2020 PowerPoint Jeopardy! Reading Time: 2 minutes Bring in a new take on a classic trivia game by using a Jeopardy PowerPoint deck to gamify a review or test prep period. Download... Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
September 4, 2020 Using PowerPoint to Create Videos Reading Time: < 1 minute Although we think of PowerPoint as being best suited to building slides, in reality, it has evolved into a video creation tool, as well. Easily... Categories Multimedia/Tech For Teaching
September 3, 2020 Create a Screen Recording with PowerPoint Reading Time: < 1 minute This tip will show you how to use PowerPoint to record your desktop. Start by opening up a new, blank PowerPoint. In case you missed... Categories Multimedia/Online Synchronous/Tech For Teaching
August 27, 2020 The Benefits of Concept Mapping Reading Time: 4 minutes A globally used teaching and learning strategy, concept mapping has a measurably positive impact on learning across cultures, age ranges and topics of study (Schroeder... Categories Concept Mapping/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
August 26, 2020 Open Educational Resources Reading Time: 2 minutes Find out about OER available through Library Services. Categories Faculty Services/Library Services/OERs and eTexts/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous
August 17, 2020 Concept and Mind Mapping Reading Time: 5 minutes What is it? Concept and mind mapping are graphical ways to represent knowledge, concepts and ideas. The maps are hierarchical in nature that expands on... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Concept Mapping/Teaching