Category Archives: CTL Home Page
Endnotes Workshop
Click Here to take Endnotes Workshop survey Endnotes Web Site, this is a great starting point for all resources and support related to Endnotes. UVM libraries Web Site about Endnote Download the file to search UVM libraries in ENDNOTE here! … Continue reading
Creating Audio Files for Education
In preparation for our podcasting workshop on August 7th in 113T Waterman, Will and I decided to put together a resource page for the faculty and staff attending our workshop. This is a mixture of articles, how to’s and ways … Continue reading
Bloggers at work
Bloggers at work Originally uploaded by cafeholly Monday and Tuesday we were hard at work facilitating a blogging workshop for UVM Faculty and Staff. This is a photo of the Bloggers hard at work in class yesterday. Today we learned … Continue reading
Case Study: Hybrid Learning
In a new case study, “Hybrid Learning: Maximizing Student Engagement,” Ruth Reynard explores hybrid or “blended” courses (a face-to-face course that contains online elements). She concludes that these courses “provide more flexibility for on ground students and increase the overall … Continue reading
Connectivism Online Conference : February 2 – February 9
Connectivism Online Conference is an open online forum exploring how learning has been impacted by ongoing changes. The conference, hosted online by the University of Manitoba, runs from February 2 – 9, 2006. The daily conference schedule is. Friday, Feb … Continue reading
Wrapping up workshop week with “Blogging Your Course”
Thanks to those who packed the house at the CTL Commons over the past couple of days, making this last workshop of the 2007 winter series another fun and exciting experience for us. Don’t forget to come back and visit … Continue reading
“Sentences are smarter than the grunts of bullet points.” —Edward Tufte
We were talking today, again, about that recurrent concern over the reliance on PowerPoint for presenting complex concepts or sharing knowledge. I recently read Edward Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence and the second edition of his powerful PowerPoint essay is quoted in … Continue reading
WebCT Fall Semester Tune-Up
Just in time for the first frost, the Fall semester is upon us. Here are a few pointers to get you up and running with WebCT for the current session, including: Adding students to your course “Flagging” your course via … Continue reading
Summer Workshop Series Wrap-up
At high noon last Friday, we concluded the last of our Summer 2006 series of workshops. As usual, it was quite the whirlwind tour. We delivered a total of 7 separate workshops, many of which were multi-day events. This meant … Continue reading