Written by Dr. Andrew Peterson, Coordinator of Instructional Technology A generation of content creators are emerging under the guise of gaming. The new media royalty are establishing themselves as content experts, entertainment personalities, and everything in-between. In a recent example, Fortnite (a popular / free online game) released their second chapter. During this online event, …
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Be Present in Your Online Course – Part 1
Written by: Kelley Senkowski, Online Design Consultant How do you ‘be there’ in your course so your student’s feel that they have a present instructor, as in a face-to-face class? To take it a step further, how do your students know that they have a real person as a teacher or instructor? How does your …
Teaching Generation Z
I have the Maximizer strength and get energy when transforming something strong into something superb, including my students. Making students superb requires research and a strategic plan. My research led me to an investigation on my audience, also called iGen or True Gen. What I have learned has helped me come up with a strategic …
Online Science Lab Technologies
Back in April, I wrote a blog article about online science labs and promised to write another article about the technology enhancements that are available, which will provide for rigorous and engaging general education online science laboratory courses. Video Video technology has been used for a long time to enhance learning. I would contend that …
Canvas Tip of the Week: Color Overlay
Do the tiles on your Canvas Dashboard look unattractive? Would you like a more vibrant and appealing look and feel?? Your in luck! Go into Canvas and click on the Dashboard. To the right of the word Dashboard, there are 3 dots - we call it a snowman! Click the snowman and uncheck Color Overlay. …
Hoonuit Video Tutorial Training about Canvas
Canvas is a Learning Management System which adaptable, reliable, customizable, easy to use and mobile. In this series, you will learn how to use Canvas as an instructor to create new courses and maintain current courses. Manage and run discussion boards within your courses, manage and add assignment to your courses, work with announcements and the calendar, maintain …
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Who Assess the Assessors?
No one questions assessment in gaming. Yet everyone gets an opinion of educational assessment. It seems like every day there is a new piece of research on assessment. How, why, when, and where, are all debated ad nauseam. It seems like the only thing we can agree on is the ‘who’. Most individuals seem to …
