Once an office staple, PowerPoint has gained new respect in the classroom. More instructors are incorporating it into their lesson plans because lectures can quickly be updated and additional multi-media features like video, images and audio can easily be added. Students are much more sophisticated than in the past due to rapidly changing technology. No longer are … Continue reading Effective Ways to Use PowerPoint in a College Classroom
There are many different types of learners — kinesthetic, auditory and visual. An auditory learner is a person that learns best through active listening. They take on information through listening and active discussions. If you feel that you or your student may be an auditory learner, there are a few things you can do to help. Here … Continue reading Helpful Strategies for Teaching Auditory Learners
The days of traditional textbooks, white boards and students in one setting, all being taught the same material, is slowly dying out only to be replaced with rapidly developing classroom technology. Educators, parents and students are quickly realizing technology in higher education is becoming more commonplace and embracing the change. Because of technological advancements, educators … Continue reading Technology Use in the Classroom Will Become More Important Over Time
Recently the New Media Consortium published its annual higher education report. Much of the report focused on emerging trends in technology, their uses in both online and classroom settings, and the positive impact that is being derived from this higher science. Promoting the momentum in adopting a variety of technological platforms is seen as a … Continue reading Emerging Trends That Will Push More Technology into Higher Education
The introduction of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) within the last several years has already begun to revolutionize higher education. Yet, among many educators, there is an ongoing battle concerning the integration of technology in higher education versus a traditional classroom setting. Due to the popularity of MOOCs, symposiums are being held all across the … Continue reading How Technology Is Changing the Higher Education Experience
The traditional form of learning in a classroom setting has already been demonstrated as useful in an online format. While these interactive – or synchronous – forms have held sway in the educational community for the last several centuries, it is the new, asynchronous form that is leading the way in the online community of … Continue reading The Benefits to Asynchronous Learning
With the advent of the Internet, the demands made on the modern educational infrastructure have become ever more severe. Thanks to the fast paced world around us and opportunities available, students require a greater flexibility in their courses, their schedules and their technology. Here is what students are looking for in particular: Mobile, Integrated, Cutting … Continue reading Teaching with Technology: What the Students Want
Are you new to teaching college courses and lectures? Teaching at the college level can be very rewarding and more than a little daunting. Here are some tips for new professors when standing up in front of a lecture room full of students for the first time. 1. It’s OK to be nervous- Standing in … Continue reading Tips New Professors Can Use in the Lecture Hall
The future has come to colleges all across the world in the form of digital technology. Nowadays, both students and professors are seeing how this new medium is improving the quality of higher education in real time. Going digital has given educators the ability to determine and rate program efficiency through analysis of collected data. … Continue reading Improving the Quality of Higher Education Through Digital Means
Despite the numerous successes of the Feminist Movement, female participation in tech-oriented programs remain low. However, evidence shows that this is not an insurmountable problem for colleges. Better still, there is reason to believe that the solution to increase female enrollment in computer science can be replicated. Here are the three methods that Harvey Mudd … Continue reading How One University Quadrupled Female Enrollment in Computer Science