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Lindsay Davidson

Teach naked?

Perhaps not, but the title did get your attention!

More accurately, teach without Powerpoint. Here's a great article on some instructors who are doing that, and succeeding.

http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Naked-Effort-Strips/47398/

TED talks for educators.

http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/25-incredible-ted-talks-for-educators/

Good resources here on social media and tangential references throughout to active learning.

http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/

Team based learning - intro presentation

Here's a short video on TB learning, courtesy of UBC.

http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/v/may11final.html

Hi everyone,

I was looking for a way to add audio annotation to PDF files and found this on the York U. CTL site. Essentially it explains how to do this using Adobe Acrobat Pro.

http://www.yorku.ca/cst/dotelblog/?p=120

We can get that software at the Campus Computer Store for cheap...what appeals to me as someone who hates marking and printing papers, is that audio annotation is faster, more detailed, and generally more personal. I wonder (though expect) that it will create the basis for a longer discussion with students about their performance rather than just annotate same as I've been doing for a decade or more.

Cheers, Doug

Article on professors posing as students in online environment

Parry, M. (2009). Online Professors Pose as Students to Encourage Real Learning. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(38), 10.