The Lunch Spot: Let’s talk teaching
What do 2 prize winning instructors, 10 instructors from a variety of disciplines and TLS staff have in common? TheyContinue Reading
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Bringing social media into myCourses: Embedded Twitter feeds
At Teaching and Learning Services, I work as a Learning Technology Consultant and help instructors with incorporating learning technology, suchContinue Reading
Twitter as a collaborative learning tool in field biology
Social media tools have a lot of value in teaching and learning, and this has become even more apparent asContinue Reading
Social media in teaching: picking the right tool for the job
Now that we’ve examined the arguments for using social media in the classroom, and discussed some of the practical considerations,Continue Reading
Guidelines for using social media in the classroom
Social media tools (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, blogs) are valuable tools for teaching and learning in higher education. They can helpContinue Reading
The value of using social media tools in teaching and learning
From Facebook to Twitter and blogs, social media tools are an integral and important part of society, and these toolsContinue Reading
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs): Friend or foe?
I recently finished a book called Alone Together by Sherry Turkle (2011), a professor at MIT. The book discusses howContinue Reading
Using social media and mobile technology in the classroom
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at an Education Technologies conference, on the topic of using social mediaContinue Reading
Social media in higher education: A teaching and learning project
Reposted from arthopodecology.com. This term I will be spending some time with Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) at McGill: instead of doing my normal winter teaching, TLS is offering me a home for 2-3 days a week to work on projects with them. This is an outstanding opportunity as it provides real and significant time to work on teaching innovation. In my opinion, teaching in higher education should constantly be evaluated and re-assessed, and all Professors (regardless of career stage) should be supported and encouraged to improve, change and innovate their teaching. Read more –>
Social media and academic censorship in the USA
I hope I never have to tweet or post to my Facebook page anonymously… although in the “big data” universe there is no longer anything like anonymity since all this is likely scooped up for later use by someone. Read more –>
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