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How to Provide Extended Time for Exams on Blackboard 9.1

The other day, we received a call requesting assistance. A student was completing an exam, but the exam timed out and she still had more to do. After contacting the instructor, she was allotted additional time. The question was how to provide extended time for exams without requiring the student to retake the exam. (more…)

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Quest #14 - 2018 Reading Challenge

Quest #14 – 2018 Reading Challenge

For our very first quest of 2018, I would like to invite you to participate with me in one or both of these reading challenges: Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2018 Reading Challenge Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder Challenge These reading challenges will last throughout 2018. (more…)

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How to Backup Email to Unique Folders in Outlook

Have you ever exceeded your Outlook email quota? Here is a strategy I have been using for over 15 years to manage and backup my email. (more…)

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#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Practices for a Synchronous Classroom

For my last session for the Wyoming Innovations in Learning conference, I attended Patricia Pulliam’s presentation on Practices for a Synchronous Classroom. In this presentation, Pulliam led a discussion around the lessons she learned delivering instruction in a web meeting format. (more…)

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#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Engage All Learners with Virtual Reality

During one of the sessions at the Wyoming Innovations in Learning conference, Rebecca Velikaneye of Wheatland Middle School explained how she was using virtual reality (VR) with her students. VR is a technology that is on the rise in education. Increasing Use of Virtual Reality in Education The Impact of Virtual Reality on Learning (more…)

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#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Active Learning Strategies for Online Courses

While attending the Wyoming Innovations in Learning conference, I sat in on a presentation focusing on active learning strategies for online courses given by Tim Kochery, Senior Instructional Designer at Laramie County Community College. He began his presentation by defining active learning. (more…)

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#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Virtual Field Trips: Bringing the World Into Your Classroom

Nathan Doerr, the Curator of Education for the Wyoming State Museum led a discussion about conducting virtual field trips. This is an opportunity to expose students to experiences and opportunities they may not otherwise get. (more…)

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#Skype #virtual field trip

#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Go Paperless with Google Classroom

While we do not primarily use Google Classroom at Jamestown Community College, we do have some faculty experimenting with it. Since, I do not use Google Classroom that often, I decided to sit in on this session. Rebecca Velikaneye from Wheatland Middle School provided a thorough review of Google Classroom. She highlighted a number of the paperless benefits of this application. (more…)

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#Google Classroom

#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Can you Google That? - Advanced Questioning

#WYInnovations2017 Presentation: Can you Google That? – Advanced Questioning

This Wyoming Innovations in Learning session had this description: “Are you asking questions that Google can answer? In a connected classroom, we need to be asking our students questions that Google CANNOT answer. Learn how to change the way you ask questions in a way that promotes curiosity and forces students to use problem solving and higher order thinking skills.” Travis Allen was the…

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#WYInnovations2017 Keynote: Travis Allen

I got back from a conference at my old stomping grounds—the University of Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), the Wyoming Distance Education Consortium (WyDEC), the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming community colleges, and school libraries hosted this conference—Wyoming Innovations in Learning. It is an expansion of the e-Volution conference I attended. The focus of the…

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Installing and Using Creative Commons License Chooser

If you are planning to create open educational resources (OER) then I recommend you use Creative Commons licensing for those resources. A quick way to add the appropriate license to your documents is with the Creative Commons License Chooser. This is an add-on for Google Docs. Let me show you how to install and use this useful add-on. (more…)

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#SUNYCIT: Development of GIS Course Modules for Undergraduate Science and Social Science Courses

The very last presentation I sat in on at SUNY CIT focused on a topic for which we just received an IITG grant—GIS. GIS is geographic information system. Basically, you can overlay information visually on a map. Mary Perrelli from Buffalo State College gave this informative presentation. (more…)

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#SUNYCIT: Exploring Digital Badging for Metaliteracy, Sustainability and Student Engagement

The University of Albany team of Trudi Jacobson, Kelsey O-Brien, Doug Sweet, and Mary Ellen Mallia gave a highly informative presentation on how they are using digital badging to support academic and student affairs initiatives. Presently, they have 70 different involvement markers. (more…)

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#Badges #Digital Badges

#SUNYCIT: Principles for Effectively Serving Adult Learners

Dr. Jen Groh from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) presented on ten principles for effectively serving adult learners. (more…)

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#Adult Learners

#SUNYCIT: Information Literacy Skills... Whose Job is it, Anyhow? Google Maps to the Rescue!

#SUNYCIT: Information Literacy Skills… Whose Job is it, Anyhow? Google Maps to the Rescue!

Another informative presentation was given by Kathleen Gradel from SUNY Fredonia. This presentation focused on developing digital literacy using Google Maps. (more…)

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#Google Maps

#SUNYCIT: Three Years of Preparing Faculty to Teach Online: Successes and Lessons Learned

A panel consisting of Andrea MacArgel, Cherie van Putten, Steve Weidner, Tami Regulski, and Eric Machan Howd from Binghamton University shared lessons learned as they incrementally improve how they prepared their faculty and graduate assistants to teach online. (more…)

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#SUNYCIT: Teaching and Writing in Multiple Dimensions: the Challenges and Rewards of Creating an OER Text

Stephen Burke and Katie Lynch from Rockland Community College (RCC) showed a great example of using Open Educational Resources (OER) across multiple courses while tightly tying the courses together. I was extremely impressed with what they had accomplished. (more…)

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