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Podcast: Wake Forest University's BioBook: July 17, 2012

In this podcast we interview the creators of BioBook, a scalable e-text embodying six central principles of learning. It is organized into self-contained "nodes" that can be revised or …
Using Slate Tablets to Promote Active Learning: January 11, 2012 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012
The "Experience IT" format offers a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to newer tools and technologies so you can explore their potential impact in the workplace and classroom and …
7 Things You Should Know About Gamification: August 10, 2011

Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations , often to motivate or influence behavior. The rewards or the spirit of competition can spur students’ concentratio…
Clickers in the Classroom: Transforming Students into Active Learners: July 5, 2011

This research bulletin discusses a program at the University of South Carolina to implement SRSs in the classroom and to study the impacts that the technology has on student outcomes. In our…
How Instructors Make Meaning of Features in Active Learning Spaces and the Impact on Student Learning: October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Active learning spaces are technology-rich, collaborative environments designed to engage students actively in their own learning. This highly interactive session will provide an opportunity to dis…
Lance Eaton: Coordinator of Instructional Design

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts

UNITED STATES
The Educational Potential of Mobile Computing in the Field: March 29, 2011

Key Takeaways Giving students hands-on experience of field work with mobile tablet PCs loaded with visualization software facilitates active learning and integration of complex …
Learning through Situated Simulations: Exploring Mobile Augmented Reality: January 18, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin illustrates and reports on a series of experiments with situated simulations that have been tested with students in real environments in Norway, Athens, and Rome over…
Hotseat: Opening the Backchannel in Large Lectures: September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways Despite their flaws as teaching and learning environments, large lectures remain a standard teaching approach because of their relatively low cost, ease of preparation, and lo…
Reflections on Play, Pedagogy, and World of Warcraft: September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways The video game World of Warcraft was the text studied, the laboratory, and the classroom for the online course "Warcraft: Culture, Gender, and Identity"…

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