Learning and Educational Center
Innovation is disrupting the economy at an unprecedented pace. Emerging technologies increasingly compete with traditional skill sets. This presentation explores heutagogy in the context of recent AI developments. Specifically, the presentation explores an ethical yet competitive use of AI technology in education.
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Do you want to share your scholarly research with the world? Have you written a story that you want everyone to read? Come join us on Thursday, January 25, for a day of learning about academic and non-academic publishing from publishers, editors, agents, other authors, and NSU faculty and staff. You will not want to miss this opportunity to meet editors and reps from publishing houses including Elsevier, Emerald, IGI, Clarivate, IEEE, SAGE, Cambridge University Press and more. You can attend in person or online. Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be served to In-Person attendees.
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Please plan to join your colleagues at our annual conference Destination Excellence: A Journey to Engaged Teaching and Learning. The conference represents NSU’s collective ambition to create an educational environment that nurtures critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. It recognizes that excellence is not a stagnant endpoint but an ongoing journey, requiring continuous improvement and adaptation. Please plan to join us by registering today!
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Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 1st, and Thursday, November 2nd, 2023, for the Learning and Educational Center’s Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference! More information and the Call for Proposals will open in August and registration will open in early October. All NSU faculty, staff, and students who are interested in improving their teaching and learning research and practice are welcome to submit a proposal and attend the conference.
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The Learning and Educational Center recently hosted a two-day virtual conference that showcased a variety of NSU educators presenting a wide array of topics. The theme for the conference was, “Connect, Engage, Inspire,” and it gave NSU faculty an opportunity to share their knowledge and practices with other educators at the University. Presentations covered teaching strategies, technology tools, BEDI practices, student engagement, and more. We are pleased to share a full playlist of all conference presentations.
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The LEC understands that there are many demands for your time and you might not be able to make it to all of our workshops. Here are some of the recordings from our Diving into Fall Guest Presentation Series in case you weren’t able to join us.
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The LEC is proud to present the recordings from the presentations of the LEC Summer Series. In the first video, Marti Snyder defines reflection, and how it can be used in the classroom to facilitate transformational learning experiences in face-to-face, online, and blended learning environments. In the second video, Rita Shae-Van Fossen, shows how to create infographics using Piktochart to communicate course content and share ways to use infographics for learning. In the third video, Timothy Hoeck and Mary Young introduced the new LEC Course Templates available in Canvas Commons. They discussed the purpose of the templates along with how to import the templates into your course, provided details on editing the content, and discussed some tips and tricks on maintaining course quality.
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The LEC is proud to present the recordings from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In these videos, the facilitators share best practices with Canvas, TurnitIn, and discuss the components of well-written learning objectives and their connection, or alignment, to activities and assessments in your course.
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The LEC is proud to present the recording from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In this video, Trenton Hoy and Carolyn Fitzpatrick, discuss how a module-based structure can be beneficial to students by establishing a logical sequence of tasks and emphasizing the connections between course components.
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The LEC is proud to present the recording from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In this video, John Scigliano presents the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism. During the workshop, you will learn about the various ways in which Turnitin can be used in your Canvas course so that you can begin screening writing assignments for plagiarism, as well as grammatical errors.
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