| | | | | 1. Projectors vs. Whiteboards in the Classroom | via AV Technology
It’s shaping up as a technological battle royale, but the fight between electronic whiteboards and projectors could determine how a generation of college students are taught. Think of the conflict as a cage match in five rounds, where their positives and negatives are pitted against each other. | | Why This Matters: When it comes to classroom tech, there are two contenders that both pack their own unique punch. In this article, Brian Nadel takes a hard-hitting look at how electronic whiteboards and projectors fare against each other. | | | | 2. 3 Ways to Leverage Technology to Help Nontraditional Students | via EdTech Magazine
Nearly half of the students enrolled in higher education are considered nontraditional. For a quarter of them, this nontraditional aspect is that they are over the age of 30, NPR reports. | | Why This Matters: With the rise of nontraditional students in higher ed, institutions need to leverage technologies that can help these older students on the path to success and degree completion. | | | | 3. Supporting Interactive Instruction With Quality Feedback | via Campus Technology
If you want to design an airplane, two good wings are highly recommended. No amount of strength or beauty in the right wing can compensate for fatal flaws in the left. Instructional design projects also need two equally strong elements to get off the ground: content and delivery. | | Why This Matters: Solid instructional feedback is an extremely important tool, but it can be difficult to capture high quality feedback. Campus Technology offers advice that can help keep instructional design on the right track at your institution. |
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| | | | The open gift
"In Maha Bali’s keynote she mentioned that gift giving can be problematic, we don’t always know that people want that gift, they feel indebted, and it may be inappropriate. In our panel session later, I wondered whether this was applicable to openness in general – we give the gift of open to people, in the assumption they will want it, or it will do them good. Maybe they don’t want it. In that sense maybe it’s like giving someone a dog – now, if it’s me, great, I love dogs, but others don’t and would feel a sense of burden them or it at least might not be appropriate at that stage in their life." —Martin Weller, The Ed Techie |
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