Learning and Educational Center
Guest Presenters from our NSU Libraries will demonstrate unique library resources, such as streaming media, e-newspapers, library guides, and online tools. Learn how to use these educational sources to enhance and engage your students.
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With remote learning being so prevalent in our classrooms in recent years, you have likely put into consideration when and how to use web cameras for your virtual classrooms. This article looks at the benefits and drawbacks of introducing web cameras to online learning.
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The LEC encourages you to join our NSU Libraries Workshop for an introduction to downloadable resources, including popular reading, magazines, professional development tools, and academic eBooks.
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Responding to students’ questions in an efficient and effective way can help reduce misunderstandings and improve student performance and engagement. This presentation will address the topic of student questions and how faculty can answer them in various forums from in-person office hours to online discussion boards.
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Flipgrid is an easy to use tool to foster strong connections within a course. This tool is offered to educators for free and can be integrated into your Canvas Course to allow students and you the opportunity to record their responses to topics in fun and innovative ways. The social experience of letting students use creativity in composing their video allows them to engage with a topic stimulates thought provoking responses from the students and can also be entertaining. With this tool, you see the student’s emotions during their responses, which can generate a meaningful, more connected experience to any topic you ask them to share their opinions about.
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Candidly speaking, even with interesting discussion prompts, the same old read, write, post (and respond to two peers) discussion board routine can become a cringe-worthy event not only for students but instructors too. Even though much time and care may have gone into staging scintillating topics for captivating online discussions, they can still fall flat of the critical thinking and dialogue you were hoping to inspire. Although online discussion boards have been around for decades, unfortunately, they may have gotten a bit of a bad rap from some online course participants for generating repetitive thought sharing, voluminous posts readings for course participants, and worst of all-a lackluster conversation. However, according to the Voice of the Online Learner, sixty-three percent of online learners who recently graduated said they would enroll in an online program again. So, online discussion boards cannot be all that bad. While sharing many similarities with methods for cultivating face-to-face interactions, online discussions can offer different opportunities and limitations, in creating meaningful dialogue between students and instructors. Here are a couple of simple ways to make virtual discussions engaging and fun in online, blended, or traditional face-to-face courses. Build a safe space for the community There are many […]
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This workshop is designed to show you different classroom technologies that can assist you in enhancing your online, blended, or face-to-face classroom experience. The instructor will take you step-by-step through each topic by telling you what it is, why you would use it, and demonstrate how to use it before you try it. This session will include topics like How to use the new Zoom features like the Timer App and Presentation Slide Controls as well as the Comment Library in Canvas.
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The Microsoft Whiteboard application allows instructors to create an infinite, collaborative canvas for fostering effective and engaging learning with their students. Join us for this brief and interactive session, and start using the tool today!
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We are pleased to share the recordings from our Foundations of Teaching Online Series. Each session of the series is available in a playlist on our SharkMedia Channel. Whether you are new to teaching or want to hone your online teaching skills we believe you will pick up something new from the series.
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Have you heard of the MAKO (Make All Knowledge Open) Commons yet? During the Winter 2021 term, the LEC piloted the MAKO Commons, a virtual community of practice (vCoP) designed to connect faculty across NSU. Faculty, who includes anyone that teaches at NSU, can share ideas, information, and resources related to research and practice in teaching and learning. MAKO Commons is hosted in Canvas. Here, faculty communicate, collaborate, and interact, among other activities.
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