Center for Teaching and Learning at Otterbein University

CRLT's latest Occasional Paper describes how a wide range of instructors at Michigan use online collaboration tools to enhance student engagement and course management.

Like Otterbein, the University of Michigan now uses Google for its email. This occasional paper describes how faculty there have used the Google tools in their courses.

2013 Calendar of Teaching Conferences CETL is in the process of updating our entire Web site. Once the update is new site is online (estimated date, March 1, 2013), you will include a major improvement to this list of conferences. The list will be searchable by topic, date, location, etc.

Journals that Publish the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Address General Issues in Higher Education NOTE: We are in the process of updating CETL's entire Web presence. One of our goals is to change the journals list to a database searchable by discipline and key terms. When we have completed the changes, we will redirect visitors to our new site.

What would higher education look like if we stopped measuring it in credit hours? Thought-provoking piece that looks at the history of this basic unit of measure, the impact it's had on higher education, and some possible alternatives.

To MOOC or Not to MOOC? November 29, 2012 - 3:00am By W. Joseph King and Michael Nanfito

Some interesting online tools.

Uploading work to ePortfolio for Integrative Studies is just as much for Otterbein's use as for the students who do it. The online system, which was adopted last year in conjunction with the introduction of the new INST program, is largely intended as a way for the program to assess whether it is accomplishing its goals and to identify what adjustments need to be made to the curriculum.

Thought this was very timely, as we look forward to how the CTL fits into the rapid changing roles within Otterbein.

CTL is hosting a webinar by Edward Burger on Thursday, Nov. 1

This Blended Learning Toolkit is a free, open resource for educational institutions interested in developing or expanding their blended learning initiatives.

Summary with some useful links to see examples of iPad use (both in higher ed and K12).

Some faculty argue that in the growing emphasis on job-related skills, the cultivation of important intellectual traits is getting short shrift.

This site from Carnegie Mellon University provides practical strategies to address teaching problems across the disciplines. These strategies are firmly grounded in educational research and learning principles.

...Where math, technology, and education cross

This is a blog by Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University. A group of us at Otterbein recently participated in a webinar he conducted on flipping the classroom.