Students in Dr. Farris’s Wind Energy class show up three times a week for his lecture at Texas Tech University. They see him and his digital white board, he sees them and can tell whether they’re engaged or yawning. Questions are asked and answered. Discussion is sparked. Nothing unusual...
It’s easy to picture a traditional classroom – a lecturing professor with rows of students watching, listening and taking notes.
But that age-old model is turning a cartwheel in some of the best classrooms in academia. And chances are someone in your department is already flipping their classroom....
Students at San Antonio College in Texas are happier and more successful now that they’ve got their hands on lecture capture technology.
Four professors tested out Mediasite in their classrooms during a pilot program, and student response was unanimous. Students said:
"It was...
A lot goes into training staff, more than you probably realize.
If you’ve got employees all over and want to provide some professional development to them in person you have to consider:
Travel time
Instructor time
Scheduling rooms
Getting people there
Rescheduling the people who missed it...
What happens when you launch a technology initiative, including online learning, flipped classrooms and web content, at a long standing organization that’s been offering in-person training programs for 40 years?
It could be a recipe for disaster but if done right, it can also open the doors...
It looks like a scene from ER. Nurses are steadfastly servicing seven hospital rooms, four exam rooms, three debriefing rooms and a home healthcare lab, equipped with 30 beds and medical charting stations. Patients are going through a range of health crises from convulsions to heart attacks,...