Growth, renewal, and positivity have been themes as we begin a new academic year at CI. Just last week I attended sixth grade orientation, where the team of teachers were stressing the importance of helping students to steer away from the fixed mindset of being a “math person” or a “non-math person”. In the fourth […]
Its been a busy summer and we’d like to say thank you to all of our faculty who have participated in our Canvas workshops thus far. We’ve had 61 faculty participate Canvas 1: Getting Started workshops since they kicked off back in July. On top of this we’ve had 102 faculty enroll in our self-paced […]
On behalf of the Teaching & Learning Innovations Team, we want to wish you a fabulous summer! We will be working hard this summer to assure your move from CI Learn (Blackboard) to the new and improved CI Learn 2.0 (Canvas) is as smooth as possible. Remember, you may opt-in and use Canvas in the fall […]
I embarked on a new journey this semester into the unknown. I piloted a new Canvas online course which incorporated a service learning project. I had taught the same course the previous semester, face-to-face; however, it was the first time I taught it fully online. I wanted to incorporate a service learning project for the […]
We are living in the future! Have no doubt; if you have a computer in your pocket like your smartphone, a Roomba that sweeps your floors, if you Snap or communicate using micro-video messaging and tweet, you are living in the future. Our lives have changed drastically in the last decade and many more changes […]
“Don’t use Wikipedia!” Educators at every level admonish students: “It isn’t accurate.” Never mind the temptation of plagiarizing. But such edicts at this point are akin to sticking our heads in the sand. As the 5th most searched site globally, with around 8 billion page views a month in English alone, Wikipedia offers easy access […]
Textbook prices are soaring. Since the late 1970’s, the cost of college textbooks has increased by more than 1,000%. If the cost of milk had increased by this same rate, today we’d be paying more than $17 a gallon. Through the 1980’s the price on textbooks increased 3 times the rate of inflation, and since […]
Writing Lab Hours February 27 to May 11 Mondays 7:00pm-9:00pm; Location: WMC Wednesdays 8:00pm-10:00pm; Location: WMC Thursdays 10:00am-12:00pm; Location: WMC Students often feel overwhelmed, perplexed or have a hard time setting aside time to write or staying on task with their projects. Studies in social motivation suggest that people persevere and stick to finishing difficult […]
Aligning with openCI efforts, we recently attended the openEd conference in Richmond, Virginia to gain a deeper understanding about the advances and innovative practices being made around Open Educational Resources. According to UNESCO, “Open Educational Resources are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with a public license” (UNESCO, 2012). To help […]
Every year August seems to roll around faster and faster. This year is no different. Unbelievably, students will be back at CI and classrooms will be buzzing in a few days. This is the time that of year that faculty put their heads down and work diligently to prepare classes for the students coming their way. […]
