November’s Online Learning Webinar features GoReact, a video platform that makes instructor feedback and assessment easy. It creates a dynamic online environment for class presentations, speeches, and other class activities. A recording of the webinar can be found here, on Adobe Connect.…
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October’s Online Learning Webinar session featured Zaption, an interactive video annotation platform. Zaption allows instructors to build video assets that engage and challenge students to interact with the content. No longer are video recordings just one-way messaging– now students can respond to the video as they view it.…
What Is Critical Thinking?
Critical thinking is a higher-order cognitive skill that is indispensable to students, readying them to respond to a variety of complex problems that are sure to arise in their personal and professional lives. The cognitive skills at the foundation of critical thinking are analysis, interpretation, evaluation, explanation, inference, and self-regulation. …
September’s Online Learning Webinar session featured Yellowdig, a Facebook-like tool for the Canvas classroom. Shaunak Roy, founder and CEO of Yellowdig, joined the Distance Learning team on Wednesday to describe and discuss the merits of the tool. If you missed it, there is a recording of the session available.…
Is your course visually boring? Are you tired of using only readings and videos to present content? Are you looking for more ways to keep students engaged and add interaction between students and course material?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you might want to explore ThingLink.…
Recording a lecture video on your desktop or laptop might not feel as natural or as forgiving as lecturing to students in your classroom. In fact, recording a lecture video can be more like recording a performance than giving a lecture.…