When teaching an asynchronous, online course it can be difficult to find a time for a guest speaker to appear in your course. A guest speaker can instead record a presentation or speech on their own and send a recording for use in your online course, or you can host an web conference to help facilitate a recording and capture a conversation between you and your guest.…
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Northwestern IT has shared the following announcement with all Blue Jeans users:
Beginning September 1, how you access the Blue Jeans videoconferencing service will be changing. If you are using the Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari browser you will need to download the Blue Jeans desktop application to access your meetings.…
June’s Online Learning Webinar, hosted by instructional technologist Jackie Wickham, was a demo of Blue Jeans, Northwestern’s new web conferencing software that integrates with Canvas. Online faculty in the School of Professional Studies are encouraged to use Blue Jeans to host synchronous class meetings or meetings with students.…
Designing and assessing group projects that promote meaningful learning experiences in positive collaborative environments.
While students may groan at the prospect of performing group work, positive group experiences have been shown to contribute to student learning, retention, and overall program success.…