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Online Courses Can Offer Easy A's via High-Tech Cheating - Technology - The Chronicle o... - 1 views

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  • Kathryn Plank on 06 Jun 12
     
    Easy A's may be even easier to score these days, with the growing popularity of online courses. Tech-savvy students are finding ways to cheat that let them ace online courses with minimal effort, in ways that are difficult to detect.
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Why Are Associate Professors Some of the Unhappiest People in Academe? - Faculty - The ... - 1 views

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  • Kathryn Plank on 04 Jun 12
     
    This is one of the reasons that UCAT sponsors the Mid-Career & Senior Faculty Learning Community.
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The Flipped Classroom Defined | MindShift - 2 views

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    An interesting and effective teaching method that delivers instruction online outside of class and moves "homework" into the classroom.
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Ohio State Academic Support Units Provide Tips & Tools for Teachers - 1 views

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    At the 2012 Academy of Teaching Mini-Conference, academic support units presented the various ways in which they can support teachers in the next academic year. Check out this page for a wealth of helpful information!
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For Social Media In The Classroom To Work, Instructors Need Best Practices - 2 views

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  • Sharon Ross on 07 May 12
     
    A blog post inspiring instructors to start thinking about "Best practices" for social media in the classroom
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Anne Murphy Paul: Why Floundering Is Good - 1 views

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  • Laurie Maynell on 06 May 12
     
    Call it the "learning paradox": the more you struggle and even fail while you're trying to master new information, the better you're likely to recall and apply that information later. Teachers can design for "productive failure" by building it into the learning process.
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Talking with Your Fingers - 0 views

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  • Laurie Maynell on 24 Apr 12
     
    Interesting post about language use. Texting and e-mail constructions do not spell the death of formal writing!
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Crovitz: Before 'Watergate' Could be Googled - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    This is a perfect example of why we need to find out what our students are thinking or believing before we begin trying to teach them anything.
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ASCD Inservice: Three Questioning Strategies for Any Lesson - 1 views

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    Teachers know-questions play a different role, depending on when they're used. Before a lesson: Questions are a way to motivate, set goals, stimulate thinking, convey purpose, and create a positive learning environment.
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Study Abroad May Not Be Quickest Route to Cross-Cultural Understanding - Global - The C... - 0 views

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    A new report concludes that study overseas brings students into greater contact with people from diverse backgrounds. But it has little impact on students' relativistic appreciation of or comfort with cultural differences.
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Bucking Cultural Norms, Asia Tries Liberal Arts - 0 views

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  • Laurie Maynell on 05 Apr 12
     
    An article on efforts by Chinese high school and universities to incorporate the liberal arts into education, in an effort to "foster more nimble and adaptable" thinking and learning beyond rote education and success at test-taking.
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Create visually appealing Carmen content - 0 views

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  • Kathryn Plank on 27 Mar 12
     
    Would you like to improve the visual appeal of your content in Carmen? Join the OCIO's Digital Union and Ken Petri from the Web Accessibility Center at 1 p.m. on Friday (3/30) in 060 SEL for a hands-on workshop on using HTML templates in Carmen. Petri will show you how to use the templates to organize your content pages so that they are attractive and easy for everyone to read.
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Out of Uniform: At Half a Million and Counting, Veterans Cash In on Post-9/11 GI Bill - 1 views

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  • Ohio State UCAT on 14 Mar 12
     
    Academia is continuing to show greater interest in our student-Veterans. The Chronicle of Higher Education is kicking off a series of articles on the subject with this informative read.
  • Ohio State UCAT on 14 Mar 12
     
    Academia is continuing to show greater interest in our student-Veterans. The Chronicle of Higher Education is kicking off a series of articles on the subject with this informative read.
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How 'Flipping' the Classroom Can Improve the Traditional Lecture - Teaching - The Chron... - 3 views

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    Andrew P. Martin loves it when his lectures break out in chaos. It happens frequently, when he asks the 80 students in his evolutionary-biology class at the University of Colorado at Boulder to work in small groups to solve a problem, or when he asks them to persuade one another that the answer they arrived at before class is correct.
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