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August 2021
OER’s and Electronic Resources
OER stands for Open Educational Resources, but it also has a second informal meaning of Online and Electronic Resources. Attend this presentation from a faculty perspective on how to mine “things” from the online world for your courses. Feel more confident in locating electronic resources that are appropriate for your course. Instructional objectives: Discuss the importance of Copyright and the difference of using Creative Commons for searches Locate electronic resources within the Pumerantz Library that are licensed for use at…
Find out more »Myth of Multitasking
We’ve all heard it, and we all think we’re good at it, but multitasking is a LIE! Attend this presentation and learn about how the brain works and how multitasking is really not effective. We will participate in an exercise that proves multitasking is a lie and view several video snippets to help you explain to your students the myth of multitasking. Hopefully, this will steer them in the right direction! Instructional objectives: Describe the difference between multitasking and switchtasking…
Find out more »7 Things You Should Know About Adaptive Learning
Adaptive learning is one technique for providing personalized learning, which aims to provide efficient, effective, and customized learning paths to engage each student. This session is based on The 7 Things You Should Know About… series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) which provides a quick and concise overview of a single topic for time-pressed colleagues. Learning Objectives: – Define adaptive learning – Explain how adaptive learning works and who's doing it – Discuss the future of adaptive…
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