Teaching

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Teaching

Technology Enhancement Tools in an Undergraduate Biology Course

December 10, 2012

Key Takeaways This single-class study sought to evaluate technology-enhanced student engagement by comparing the experiences of students using only an e-textbook with the exper…

Using Flickr for Media-Rich Classes

October 3, 2012

Key Takeaways When teaching and learning revolve around images, the way that a learning management system buries images as a discussion develops hinders the image flow so cruci…

Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning

March 29, 2011

Key Takeaways Higher education historically has focused on instructors teaching rather than students learning, an ineffective approach that could seriously hamper the promise of mob…

The Human Element

March 29, 2010

A community college professor says he has built a learning management system with a personal touch that could solve one of distance education's most persistent problems. …

RIAs: Rich Learning for Higher Education

March 14, 2008

© 2008 Ryan Stewart. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc…

When Wikipedia Is the Assignment

October 29, 2007

A professor and a technology specialist discuss their attempt to bring term papers out into the open with the resource many faculty members abhor. …

Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world

February 21, 2007

The author provides a long and comprehensive list of resources concerning teaching and learning with technology. The author provides a long and c…

Reflecting, Writing, and Responding: Reasons Students Blog

January 1, 2007

Faculty and students are recognizing blogging's learning potential, including the chance to practice writing, reflect on others' thinking, and respond to critical analyses of one's…

7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling

January 15, 2007

Digital storytelling involves combining narrative with digital content to create a short movie. Digital stories can include interactive movies with highly produced audio and visual effects or pre…

2007 Horizon Report

January 1, 2007

The 2007 Horizon Report looks at six selected areas--"User-Created Content," "Social Networking," "Mobile Phones," "Virtual Worlds," "New Scholarship …