Thursday, August 19, 2010

College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness : NPR



College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness : NPR


After listening to the Educause presentation a few days ago, I discovered that many campuses have homeless students. I never knew about the true extent of this problem. Here's a report on the phenomenon:





Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

21st-Century Campus Report: Campus 2.0



21st-Century Campus Report: Campus 2.0


CDW-G always publishes wonderful research on students and their perceptions/usage of educational technology. This report states that future college students' expectations EXCEED current students' expectations of campus educational technology usage.


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Instructify - Blog Archive - Scribus is a free desktop publishing program similar to Adobe InDesign

Readers,


I use Abobe InDesign to design almost every brochure, newsletter, or advertisement that I make for our department conferences and my small business. However, there is a new options for designers, Scribus.


I have not had the chance to try to program yet, but I wanted to share the link with each of you!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Tips for Letting Your Personality Shine When Teaching Online



If you are like me, I am a perfectionist who strives for great student evaluations of my online teaching. To accomplish this, I constantly read online teaching/distance learning literature to expand my knowledge of teaching in the online environment. 



In addition to my research, I collect data on online teaching and I use this data to conduct research on online teaching effectiveness. Here are Tips for Letting Your Personality Shine When Teaching Online!

Three of these Tips Are...
1. Create an Introductory Assignment
2. Online Discussions
3. Create a Blog Assignment


Enjoy!


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.