Education

April 9, 2009

Teaching With Clickers

The Inside Higher Ed blog and NPR have stories about the use of clickers in the classroom. Clickers are handheld gadgets, which look and work a lot like TV remote controls, to respond to classroom polls and quizzes without ever raising their hands or voices. Using special receivers connected to their laptops, instructors are able to instantly gather responses.

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The Search Myth: Quality information is not a click away 11/13 12noon ESB1001
Nov 13, 2008

The Search Myth: Quality information is not a click away 11/13 12noon ESB1001

This talk challenges the myth of information on the Internet: while information may appear excessively easy to find because of quick search results and increased accessibility to materials, locating relevant, high-quality information requires highly sophisticated literacy skills. Monica Bulger shares results of an empirical study for her dissertation that assessed the ways in which students negotiate potentially overwhelming online information options.

Tags: 2008, Credibility, Education, literacy, online literacy, search, search engine

Technology Comes to College

R. Mayer, K. Almeroth, B. Bimber, D. Chun, A. Knight and A. Campbell. 2006. "Technology Comes to College: Understanding the Cognitive Consequences of Infusing Technology in College Classrooms", Educational Technology, vol. 46, num. 2, pp. 48-53.
Research-Based Principles for the Design of e-Learning
Jan 31, 2008

Research-Based Principles for the Design of e-Learning

Professor Mayer reviews 10 research-based tactics for how to design Web-based and paper-based multimedia instructional materials.

Tags: 2008, Classroom, Education, multimedia learning, Pedagogy, Technology and Education, TIE