Microlectures and Other Snippets
Educause ELI recently published a “7 Things You Should Know About” article on Microlectures – “short, recorded audio or video presentations on a single, tightly defined topic”. There are lots of reasons why microlectures are a great addition to the classroom! For example, they can be used to explain or reinforce a difficult concept [...]
Green Course Technologies
The 4000+ faculty members and instructors who use Blackboard here at Cornell have many reasons for using a course management system – it’s used for sharing materials, conducting asynchronous discussions, giving quizzes, and collecting assignments. But did you know that it’s an easy way to help Cornell be more green? The average instructor-to-student ratio for [...]