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A research article written by a UCF faculty Teaching with Technology: A Case Study of Online Faculty Development at the University of Central Florida

"local and Internet resources focused on using technology to assist faculty"

From Faculty Focus, this brief article advocates using social media rather than traditional Learning Management Systems like Blackboard.

This article is introducing a rubric for assessing interaction in distance learning.

Game-based learning article by UCF faculty member, Dr. Glenda A. Gunter, Robert F. Kenny from Florida Gulf Coast University, and Erik H. Vick.

My interests in instructional design as well as online/distance learning led me to read this article by Dr. Thompson. 

UCF Faculty Article

Making A Difference: Using Emerging Technologies and Teaching Strategies to Restructure an Undergraduate Technology Course for Pre-service Teachers To prepare educators for the twenty-first century, colleges of education must be leaders of change by providing pre-service teachers with a technology-enriched curriculum. Many pre-service teachers continue to enter institutions of higher learning lacking positive attitudes, proper skills, and knowledge of the use of computers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate both quantitatively and qualitatively the effectiveness of a completely redesigned introduction to technology course for pre-service teachers. The intent of this article is to share information, provide guidance for faculty considering upgrading or beginning an introduction to technology course for pre-service teachers, and to

This is an article written by a UCF faculty member about Zoo biology.

"In this webinar team members from the Littleton Public Schools in Colorado will talk about how Google Apps for Education has improved the way that faculty and students work in the district. Google Apps for Education is free web-based email, calendar & documents that allow for collaborative working anytime, anywhere."

Social Scholarship - How to model positive social identity for your students and develop a digital presence

Selecting Delivery Systems and Media to Facilitate Blended Learning:

UCF Faculty Article related to teaching fractions

This site explains and show examples of different acrostic poems. Teachers and students can submit poems as well.

iPads are making waves in education all over the nation, even in college classrooms, where they're replacing laptops, textbooks, and notebooks. Some colleges have even gone so far as to hand out iPads to new students, helping students and faculty all work with the same technology for learning.

Virtual Reality and Nursing School

Great way to create rubrics for your students!

iRubric is a comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and sharing tool. Designed from the ground up, iRubric supports a variety of applications in an easy-to-use package. Best of all, iRubric is free to individual faculty and students. iRubric School-Edition empowers schools with an easy-to-use system for monitoring student learning outcomes and aligning with standards.

This article explores and discusses research in faculty's literacy of technology and their aptness to incorporate technology in their curriculum - Very relevant to this week's WAR2 assignment on technology and pedagogy!

Abstract: Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) by Kelvin Thompson