by Monnier | Feb 19, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
This post is a two-fer. It is part book review and part tech tool. At this point, we all have to contend with the fact that our students do not use effective studying / learning strategies. More than that, they may use strategies that are detrimental to their...
by Monnier | Feb 17, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
In this second part, I want to show you how useful mind maps can be in mapping actual content. I have already mentioned the benefits I see in mapping as opposed to traditional assignments and papers. Most often, I use mapping when students work with videos. This is...
by Monnier | Feb 12, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
No, seriously. Ok, here goes: And by thing I mean papers. There, I’ve said it. But seriously, I do. They do nothing for me that can’t be accomplished through better means. I mostly teach introduction to sociology here, so, my main goal is to make students...
by Monnier | Feb 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Video, YuJa
That was some clickbait, wasn’t it? It will be worth it, I promise. Colleagues, here is a problem I have faced for a long time: I use a lot of video materials (hello, PBS Frontline!), but my students do not know how to watch videos. That’s right. They can...
by Christina Sabo | Jun 6, 2019 | Events, Featured
Do you have Adobe Flash videos, animations, or linked content in any of your courses? You’ll need to replace them ASAP, otherwise you might end up with broken and inaccessible content. While Adobe doesn’t plan to fully phase out Flash until the end of...
