Jul 17
Cathey Arillas originally wrote the following for people who want to present a Ted Talk, but I think a lot of what she writes here is great for any presentation you are doing. Here are a few excerpts from her presentation on How to Rock a TED Talk. How to Rock a TED Talk Have …
Mar 13
Resources From friend and Instructional Designer Kristen Bourgault: The following resources offer useful suggestions for educators who are being asked to quickly move into the online environment in response to school closures. IDEAS FOR REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS How to Outreach Online StudentsVery quick, straightforward, one-page list with tips for reaching out to students in …
Feb 14
-Leah Mason, from the UAS-Sitka Campus, brings us today’s Faculty Learning Corner. How often do we question the accessibility of our language? Most of us would agree that plain language is important in public communications – we want people to understand what we are trying to tell them, right? We rarely think about whether plain …
Jan 24
Are students just out of High School more tech savvy than older, non-traditional students? Many have this perception! Young students may have grown up with technology, but do they know the technology we use in our on-line classes? Blackboard, Adobe Presenter, VoiceThread, even PowerPoint can become challenging if the student has never used it before. …
Sep 04
Do you have expertise in a particular teaching strategy or pedagogy? Have you attended a conference and want to share what you learned? Do you use a tool for e-learners that others would benefit from using? Share your knowledge by facilitating a program through CELT! Contact Kaia Henrickson at kbhenrickson@alaska.edu to set up a date. …
Dec 14
Last One!!! Here is the 5th of the 5 part series. In this episode we look at “Advanced Skills” such as integrating Google Drive, changing the speed of auditory comments, and changing text size of text comments. It also looks at changing presentation settings, and much, much more! This video is about 34 minutes …
Dec 11
Here is the 4th of the 5 part series. It is focused on VoiceThread in our Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard. There is a lot of great information in this video about building links that are graded and ungraded, the grading interface with Blackboard, copying a VoiceThread to a new semester, and even shows an …
Dec 07
Half way there!! Here is the 3rd of the 5 part series on VoiceThread. This episode is focused on moderating comments, different types of replies, and copying a VoiceThread. This is another video that is about 23 minutes long, so you might want to watch in multiple sittings, or watch the whole thing and …
Dec 04
Here is the 2nd of the 5 part series on VoiceThread. This video’s main concentration is on Groups and Sharing your VoiceThread. This video is about 25 minutes long, so you might want to watch in multiple sittings, or watch the whole thing and then come back to sections to refresh your knowledge as …
Nov 30
Today I thought I would give a shout-out to the new UAS tool VoiceThread (Do we still give “shout-outs” in 2018?). Here is a 30 minute video with a lot of information about VoiceThread and how to use it. It is actually the first of five videos that I’m planning on sharing over the next …
