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Teaching Digital Natives
Did you know that the average college student spends 8 to 10 hours per day on a mobile phone? Whether texting, using social media applications, or browsing the internet, we can all agree that students...
View ArticleGuest Post: Using Video In-Class Assessment Under Water!
Our guest blogger is Ashley Brown from Health and Human Performance. In January Ashley was awarded an Ungrant for an iPod touch. Her goal was to film her kayaking students while they learn to paddle...
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Guest Post: Haiku Deck + Air Sketch = Sweet
Our guest blogger is Jeremy Clement, instructor and internship coordinator for Hospitality and Tourism Management. Jeremy was a participant in the 2014 Summer FTI and this post reports on his...
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Guest Post: Adapting lectures for a visually-impaired student and planning...
Our guest blogger is Robin Humphreys from the Department of Geology. Robin attended the Faculty Technology Institute in 2014. In this report, she details her experiences modifying lecture materials to...
View ArticleConcepts, Connections, and Constructivism: Mind Mapping for Pre-service Teachers
Keonya Booker, Assistant Professor in Teacher Education, recently presented Concepts, Connections, and Constructivism: Mind Mapping for Pre-service Teachers at the 2015 Conference on Higher Education...
View ArticleMakerspaces in Higher Ed
Makerspaces are a relatively new trend in education. Makerspaces are physical spaces where students can get together to work on creative projects and often contain 3D printers, innovative software,...
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Innovative Uses of the VoiceThread Commenting Feature
STANDARD USE OF VOICETHREAD Most people use VoiceThread to deliver online lectures or to have students deliver project presentations. Very few use the commenting tool for more than just recording an...
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TLT’s Distance Education Resources Blog
TLT has a new resource available exclusively for our faculty who teach, or are interested in, online instruction! http://blogs.cofc.edu/dereadiness/ There are two paths to choose from depending on...
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Create Fun Polls and Quizzes with Riddle
Riddle is a FREE web-based tool that allows users to create opinion polls, lists, quizzes, and personality tests. If you’re familiar with Buzzfeed (your students will be), Riddle allows you to create...
View ArticleFaculty Guest Post: Nearpod as an alternative to PowerPoint
This month’s faculty blogger is Heidi Collins, who is Adjunct Faculty of French in the Department of French-Francophone-Italian Studies....
View ArticleWhy should I flip my classroom?
Flipping the classroom seems to be the newest buzzword in education, both in higher ed and in k12 but what are the benefits of this method and what exactly is a “flipped classroom”? Flipped...
View ArticleApple Watch in the classroom?
I recently received an Apple Watch (Series 1) as a gift and given the nature of my job I was curious how Instructors might integrate this technology into their teaching and learning. My personal use...
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DE 2.0 Workshop: Humanizing Your Online Course
“I miss getting to really know my students. It’s just not the same.” “There’s no way of knowing who is on the other side of the screen.” Sound familiar? If so then you aren’t alone. Not only do some...
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New Way To Introduce Course Content In Your Classes
Everyone who has ever tried Kahoot loves it. We love it because it is fun, exciting, and a great way to review material. However, have you ever tried to use it to introduce new material? If you...
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TLT’s Summertime Reading List
Summer is a great time to catch up on reading! When you take a break from your research, why not explore the scholarship of teaching and learning? Here are my current favorite books related to...
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The Path of Least Resistance Makes Both Men and Memories . . . Duller?
Effortful retrieval—bleh! The terminology ages more like milk than wine. Fortunately, it’s a concept with substance and one of the main learning strategies promoted in Make It Stick: The Science of...
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Team-Based Learning Quick Guide
What is Team-Based Learning? “Team-Based Learning is an evidence-based collaborative learning teaching strategy designed around units of instruction, known as “modules,” that are taught in a...
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Podcast – Weather-proofing the Classroom: A Conversation with Professor...
During the 2018 Fall Semester, the College of Charleston canceled five days worth of classes on account of hurricanes. It would be nice to think this semester was a fluke, that experiencing two...
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Using Team-Based Learning in a Large, Fixed Seating Classroom
Do you teach in a large, fixed-seating classroom and think you can’t do group work successfully? Well think again! Team-based Learning, or TBL, is a teaching strategy that is an “evidence based...
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Tech Tool: 360º Cameras in Teaching
What is a 360º camera? It’s a video/still camera with two lenses that takes images of what is happening all around the camera. How does a 360º camera work? Most of these cameras have a fisheye lens on...
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