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Search engine targets sharing of course documents on Course Hero

Search engine targets sharing of course documents on Course Hero | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Embry-Riddle researchers have created a search engine to help professors identify whether course content has been “compromised” on Course Hero, creating ripe conditions for student cheating ..."

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To encourage faculty adoption of OER, share the savings with departments and libraries (opinion)

To encourage faculty adoption of OER, share the savings with departments and libraries (opinion) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"To drive professors’ embrace of open educational resources, college leaders should offer incentives -- a share of the financial savings -- to academic departments, teaching centers and libraries, Chuck Staben suggests ..."

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Are 'smart' classrooms the future?

Are 'smart' classrooms the future? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Indiana University explores that question by bringing together tech partners and university leaders to share ideas on how to design classrooms that make better use of faculty and student time ..."

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How faculty and instructors are successfully experimenting with artificial intelligence to support their teaching | teachonline.ca 

How faculty and instructors are successfully experimenting with artificial intelligence to support their teaching | teachonline.ca  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Either individually or as a team, in their classes or as part of research projects, these professors, instructors and researchers are systematically testing artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning, recording what worked and what did not work, and sharing their findings with their peers around the world ...."

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Warning signs that you and your campus are a bad fit

Warning signs that you and your campus are a bad fit | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The academic year is just underway, and it’s already time to consider whether to go back on the faculty job market ..."

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Thre strategies for overcoming faculty resistance to active learning techniques | EDUCAUSE 

Thre strategies for overcoming faculty resistance to active learning techniques | EDUCAUSE  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Getting faculty on board with active learning is key to improving student outcomes, and incorporating these learning strategies requires buy-in from ..."

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First-round faculty job interviews, which once took place at disciplinary meetings, are increasingly done by video

First-round faculty job interviews, which once took place at disciplinary meetings, are increasingly done by video | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Each year, graduate students and recent Ph.D.s brave crowds, weather, nerves and their bank accounts to travel to academic conferences for interviews. The experience is valuable in some respects -- especially if it leads to a job ..."

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Some of the best writing guides to help students improve their writing style 

Some of the best writing guides to help students improve their writing style  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of some excellent guides to help you with the teaching of writing and help your students improve their writing style ..."

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Why online courses are still unpopular among professors | eLearningInside News 

Why online courses are still unpopular among professors | eLearningInside News  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Only 1 in 10 institutions let their professors maintain sole ownership over their online courses. 41% allowed for joint ownership and about a third of universities claimed outright possession ..."

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Longtime online observer asks why Harvard turned to OPM for online courses

Longtime online observer asks why Harvard turned to OPM for online courses | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Like most institutions, Harvard University -- ignoring its own business school’s predictions -- failed to get ready for the new digital economy, leaving it exposed to OPMs to fill the gap. Robert Ubell presents a cautionary tale ..."

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Are digital natives more tech savvy than their older instructors?

Are digital natives more tech savvy than their older instructors? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A report argues that those born after 1984 aren’t inherently better versed in technology. The author who coined the term “digital native” disagrees ..."

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Easing conflicts between instructional designers and the faculty | Inside Higher Ed

Easing conflicts between instructional designers and the faculty | Inside Higher Ed | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"They spend extended amounts of time together developing online courses. Sometimes, their relationship is filled with tension. Here are ways colleges and universities address and alleviate issues and promote collaboration  ..."

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Learning outside your comfort zone

Learning outside your comfort zone | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"When we learn something outside the comfort zone, we attempt to acquire knowledge or skills in an area where we’re lacking. Part of the discomfort derives from learning something we anticipate will be difficult. We have no idea how to do it, or we think it requires abilities we don’t have or have in meager amounts ..."


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Ten incredibly useful YouTube channels for professors

Ten incredibly useful YouTube channels for professors | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"With thousands upon thousands of videos added to the service every hour, YouTube can be an unwieldy service to parse through for college professors looking for useful and applicable content. With that in mind, we decided to highlight the 10 best YouTube channels for college professors looking for an extra dose of material or inspiration ..." 

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From summiting Bloom’s to promoting lifelong learning | Faculty Focus 

From summiting Bloom’s to promoting lifelong learning | Faculty Focus  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Bloom’s Taxonomy has long been regarded as the holy grail in leading students through a process of content mastery. Is it still the best model? ..."

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Higher ed faculty need tech that supports active learning

Higher ed faculty need tech that supports active learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Four active learning trends being driven by the needs of professors. GUEST COLUMN | by Mike Silagadze Faculty members in higher education find themselves caught between two competing realities. On the one hand, colleges and universities have shifted focus and importance away from academic rigor and..."

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why not using content curation
Leona Ungerer's comment, November 27, 2018 5:31 AM
Agreed, content curation is important. Fortunately, we have access to some tools to support this process!
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The latest course catalog trend? Blockchain 101 « Educational Technology 

The latest course catalog trend? Blockchain 101 « Educational Technology  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"On a clear, warm night earlier this year, several dozen students at the University of California, Berkeley, folded themselves into gray chairs for a three-hour class on how to think like blockchain entrepreneurs. The evening’s challenge, presented by Berkeley city councilmember Ben Bartlett, was to brainstorm how blockchain technology might be used to alleviate the city’s growing homeless problem ..." 

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Clear-eyed review of impact of initiative to create OER degrees

Clear-eyed review of impact of initiative to create OER degrees | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Project to drive community colleges' use of open educational resources lowered student spending (even using a more conservative formula to judge those costs). But student awareness of the courses remains limited, and the path to sustainability is unclear ..."

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Where are all the faculty in the open education movement? | EdSurge News 

Where are all the faculty in the open education movement? | EdSurge News  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” ..."

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Finding OER remains challenging, but solutions abound

Finding OER remains challenging, but solutions abound | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Faculty members struggle to find open educational resources or even understand what they are -- but solutions are bubbling up ...".

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How do faculty benefit from renewable assignments?

How do faculty benefit from renewable assignments? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Open education advocates have promoted renewable assignments as a way to create/update knowledge, enable faculty and students to impact society in significant ways, and foster student learning in more meaningful ways ..."

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Reasons why faculty members don't collaborate with instructional designers

Reasons why faculty members don't collaborate with instructional designers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Only one-fourth of faculty members responding to an Inside Higher Ed survey said they collaborate with designers on online course development. Experts say that low percentage is no surprise ..."

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Saberes Sin Fronteras OVS's curator insight, November 1, 2017 1:23 PM

El problema de que los docentes, concentrados en su materia, no colaboran con los que asesoran sobre un mejor aprendizaje. Parece que solo la cuarta parte tiene realmente interés en que el alumno mejore su forma de aprender

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Students and educational technology - it's complicated

Students and educational technology - it's complicated | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A recurring narrative in educational technology is that students are driving the change. They are using the creative and collaborative opportunities offered by today's social media and demanding that universities and faculty do the same. .."

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Lack of faculty time and training limits digital learning more than resistance does, study finds | Inside Higher Ed

Lack of faculty time and training limits digital learning more than resistance does, study finds | Inside Higher Ed | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Colleges’ ambitions for technology-enabled instruction have outstripped actual use, more because of practical impediments than philosophical ones, analysis suggests ...".

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Professors are hired to teach, but few are ever taught how

Professors are hired to teach, but few are ever taught how | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If 60 full-time faculty members each retained one additional student per course who would have otherwise dropped out, the college could stand to gain an additional $1.6 million per year in revenue ..."

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