Spicing up those Introduction Posts in Online Courses
Most online courses have an “Introduce Yourself” post. I imagine that these posts get...
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Category: Student-Instructor Communication
Battle of the (free) Digital Whiteboarding Tools
tldr; See the comparison and who won. Many years ago (2012), in a state far, far away (Michigan),...
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Online Office Hours in Instructure Canvas
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the video chat service provided in Canvas was turned off in Fall 2012. It...
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Phone Cameras Handle Information in a Snap!
This “Teaching with Tech” column was originally published for MAA Focus but is no...
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Web Tools to Enhance Learning
Here’s a new mindmap containing my recently organized collection of great sites and tools...
Read MoreMathematweets
Whether you’re interested in using Twitter as a teaching tool or not, I think you’ll enjoy this very unique presentation, all built out of an illustration. Mathematweets on Prezi
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Tips for Effective Webinars
This post covers topics important for a speaker in designing an effective webinar. This is an oldie but a goodie. I wouldn’t change anything.
Read MoreNotesharing in the Digital Age
What do you see when you look out at your students? Do you see them writing down everything you write and everything you say? How does it make you feel? Honored, proud, powerful? What if those same students then put those...
Read MoreCrowdsource Your Syllabus Presentation
You know what I hate about the first day of class? Going over the syllabus. You know that the students do nothing but listen to instructors read them the syllabii the first two days of class as they meet all their instructors...
Read MoreJing Refresher and Myths
Just in case you’re getting back into the swing of things this fall and finding yourself as forgetful as me, I thought I’d give a little Jing refresher here and remind you of some resources. First, a little reminder...
Read MoreBroken Educational Metrics: Office Hours
Our modern-day system of higher education was built to mass-produce education during the industrial age. The system is loosely based on a factory-model where students are, in general, processed through the system in batches...
Read MoreTweeting for Accountability in Online Classes
I am planning to ask my fall online calculus students to create twitter accounts in order to tweet their studying in hourly increments. As you are probably aware, this is the way I’ve been holding myself accountable to...
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