by monnier | Mar 14, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Collaborate Ultra, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger
First off, we’re all stressed out, and this Tik Tok of Gloria Gaynor washing her hands for 19 seconds while singing I Will Survive is EVERYTHING. Don’t say I never give you anything nice. [Tik Tok is generally bad but every once in a while, there’s a...
by monnier | Feb 22, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Tech to Try, Video
Why did no one tell me about this??? And by this, I mean H5P, the tech tool to create interactive content. H5P is available in Blackboard, with a ton of options. Because it is such a multifaceted tool though, you should create yourself an account over at h5p.org so...
by monnier | Feb 17, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger, Showcase, Tech to Try, Uncategorized
In this second part, I want to show you how useful mind maps can be in mapping actual content. I have already mentioned the benefits I see in mapping as opposed to traditional assignments and papers. Most often, I use mapping when students work with videos. This is...
by monnier | Feb 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger, Showcase, Tech to Try, Video, Yuja
That was some clickbait, wasn’t it? It will be worth it, I promise. Colleagues, here is a problem I have faced for a long time: I use a lot of video materials (hello, PBS Frontline!), but my students do not know how to watch videos. That’s right. They can...
by monnier | Feb 5, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger
A tougher read from the usual pedagogy stuff I usually read. Derek Bruff organizes his book alongside strategies and principles derived from the scholarship of teaching and learning: (1) Times for telling: giving students a hard problem or challenging experience can...
