You can create visually stimulating presentations using Google Slides and never have to worry about clicking ‘save.’ Leave your computer and flash drive at home! You can access your presentations anywhere you have a wireless connection and the ability log into your Google Drive. But Slides offers so much more! With the ability to embed […]
Adopting new technology may come with challenges that sometimes overshadow the benefits we may be able to derive from the novelty. Perhaps the biggest challenge is convincing ourselves and the rest might follow. If presented with the opportunity to try new alternatives, I like to jump right in with two feet and see the benefits […]
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 […]
Yesterday, we kicked off our monthly Online and Blended Faculty Community gatherings. Blended Learning Preparation Program (BLPP) graduates and new faculty got together to discuss successes and struggles with teaching blended classes. We learned about diverse, innovative and challenging blended class designs. Participants highlighted the deeper connections that they have been able to establish with […]
Normally, I use these blog entries to reflect on my teaching practices. However, before this Spring semester even started, I received an e-mail from a new student that got me thinking in a completely different direction. I have been wrestling with some of these ideas for a while, but this email was “the straw that […]
Last week we explored the use of Google Apps for Education, specifically Google Docs, as a launchpad for critical thinking. Faculty from Mathematics, Nursing, and the School of Education attended. While our instructional disciplines are unique, the need to create learning experiences fostering critical thinking are one and the same. Google Docs allows students to engage […]
After four years of a university education, one year abroad, years of volunteer and work experiences with people with disabilities, I was at a loss. What comes next? Graduation was coming up quickly, my friends had applied to graduate programs or jobs and I was sitting on my hands. My father suggested that I make […]
This post was co-authored by Stacey Anderson and Kim Vose If you’re wary of the CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025, we get it. We’re CSU faculty, which means we care a lot about our students. We see potential where others might see deficits. Give us your tired and poor, and we’ll help them graduate into creative […]
Whatever your feelings about the recent election, we can probably agree that conversations among people of differing perspectives have grown more difficult. Such conversations have never have been easy, but the recent election cycle seems to have inspired more yelling, less listening, and a lot of anxiety. While universities have been some of the increasingly […]
Over the past year, I have been challenged by the question of how to measure success of faculty development. This is not a challenge unique to CSU Channel Islands or the initiatives of Teaching & Learning Innovations. It is a regular topic of discussion amongst the broad range of professionals that support faculty. This year T&LI […]
