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Seminar 17P - Designing, Supporting, and Evaluating Active Learning Spaces PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.

October 18, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Active learning spaces support teaching and learning in a technology-rich, collaborative environment designed to engage students in their own learning. McGill University has developed principles fo…

Assessing for Deeper Learning

October 20, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

In the face of a rapidly changing and increasingly global workforce, organizations and educational institutions continue to stress the need for developing "deeper learning" skills such as…

Mobile Learning: Applications That Change Distraction to Discussion

October 20, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Purdue University offers students and faculty a series of mobile applications designed for use both in and out of the classroom. Learn how a collection of focused mobile tools can be broadly implem…

E-Portfolio for Assessment, Student Learning, and Career Development: Open Source Portfolio Applications

October 24, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

The Open Source Portfolio (OSP), which began as a student-centered tool promoting student learning and providing opportunities for career development and reflection, also offers features that make …

Seminar 02A - Applying Principles to Initiate and Advance Learning Space Design PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.

October 23, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Whether initiating or advancing learning space design, efforts to bring together space, technology, and pedagogy for learner success have sufficiently matured to reveal a set of principles for enga…

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Cognitive-Based Assessment

October 24, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Recent advances in both technology and cognitive science have given birth to new possibilities for design of diagnostic educational assessment systems effective for measuring student learning. In t…

Cultural Shift from Teaching to Learning Through E-Portfolios

October 25, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is engaged in shifting campus culture from teaching to learning through the adoption of myMAPP-mapping academic performance through e-portfolios-an innovative e-…

Data Mining as an Emerging Means of Assessing Student Learning - Sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc., An EDUCAUSE Silver Partner

October 24, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Routine in business, data mining has unrealized potential in education. Sophisticated educational media enable the collection of rich data streams about individual learners. Analyzing these data st…

Formative and Competency-Based Assessment of Learners in a Longitudinal Curriculum

October 11, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference

Lessons from medical education can be applied to any discipline that would benefit from a longitudinal approach to teaching and learning-building on knowledge, skills, and attitudes over time using…

Seminar 05A - Using Rubrics to Foster Learning-Centered Practices PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.

October 9, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference

Through the use of an online self-assessment rubric and supporting worksheets, faculty developers can guide faculty to incrementally change their teaching in five practice areas. Participants will …