New [un]workshop: Preparing for Learning to Happen During Class
About this [un]workshop: Class time is precious and often we want to use it to hear from students, push content to them, and practice them in ways of thinking and…
How-To: Use PDFs to Easily Collect Information from Forms
Here’s a neat little tutorial to get you started with automatic data extraction from PDF forms! Step 1: Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat (NOT Adobe Acrobat Reader. This system…
I Just Know…
A recent Science Post satirical article titled, “I just know” replaces systematic reviews at the top of the evidence pyramid, is a pretty funny read with a darker side. While…
New [un]workshop: Extending learning outside class time (and knowing that learning happens)
About the [un]workshop: Assigning work for students to do outside of class so they come prepared to engage inside class can be a great pedagogical move. If all students don’t…
New [un]workshop: Making the case that learning is happening (for everyone) in your classroom
What the [un]workshop is about: High Impact Practices suggest that much learning occurs outside the formal classroom. This likely isn’t the case for your classroom but how can you know?…
Demystifying communications for student workers
My colleagues Sarah Calhoun, Austin Mason, and I are collaborating on creating 4 new undergraduate internship positions related to front end/back-end development for digital humanities and digital scholarship projects, accessibility…
New [un]workshop: Promoting Critical Thinking with Design-Rich Assignments
What the unWorkshop is about: Communicating arguments effectively through a visual medium has its own particular set of opportunities, challenges, and logics–and students often lack exposure and practice in these…
Paula Lackie presents at EDUCAUSE: Connect Portland!
Paula will be leading a breakout session titled “Responding to Data Wrangling Challenges with a Student ‘DataSquad’” at EDUCAUSE: Connect Portland on March 13, 2017. Session description: The need for…
Instructional Video: Keep it . .. Moving
Consider this: the length of time between edits in video/film has decreased dramatically in the last 100 years. In the 1930’s, the average shot lasted 10-12 seconds. In 1990 it…
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