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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Teaching

Case Study 20: Transforming Education with Research that Makes a Difference

May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers J. D. Walker, Charles D. Dziuban, and Patsy D. Moskal Positive change in education happens when faculty gain insight into the relationship between st…

Case Study 12: Georgetown University: Web Conferencing—A Critical Skill for the Connected World

May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Pablo G. Molina Information technologies provide new ways of doing established activities, and they can create new opportunities to do things that we…

Case Study 11: The CHANCE Program in China: Transforming Students into “Global-Minded” Scientific Investigators and Citizens

May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Jacqueline McLaughlin Introduction The Risk America's position in the world may once have been reasonably secure with only a few exce…

Empowering Students and Instructors: Reflections on the Effectiveness of iPads for Teaching and Learning

April 12, 2012

Devices like the Apple iPad call for purposeful experimentation to see how mobile technology might be used in teaching and learning and in updating established educational models to engage today�…

Chapter 15: The Open Learning Initiative: Enacting Instruction Online

May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers Ross Strader and Candace Thille This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License New technologies are oft…

Chapter 12: Athabasca University: Canada’s Open University

May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers Dietmar Kennepohl, Cindy Ives, and Brian Stewart This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License The pri…

Chapter 10: University of Phoenix

May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers William (Bill) Pepicello Introduction The University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 on the principle that a large number of people wished to earn a d…

If I Had a Million Dollars

March 20, 2012

This ECAR Research Bulletin focuses on EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey results related to a somewhat lighthearted but insightful hypothetical question about how two constituent groups mig…

New Directions: Faculty Use of Technology and Attitudes Toward Library Research Instruction

March 27, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2012

This session will report the findings of a survey administered to Western Michigan University teaching faculty in 2011 regarding their use of instructional technology and their attitudes toward lib…

Mobile Applications to Improve Teaching and Learning

March 14, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012

This panel discussion will focus on the use of mobile applications to improve teaching and learning across Harvard University. Panelists will give a brief overview of how their specific school is d…