Media Observer
For this assignment, students will spend time as a critical media observer - namely, their own uses of media in a 72 hour period.
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Edudemic
Edudemic has forums, articles, ideas, and resources on everything technology. Sample topics include How-To, Tools, Trends, Online Learning, and Video Collections.
Teaching Resources: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
The Elected Standing Committee on Teaching from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) offers various teaching tips.
Richard Felder's Home Page for Science & Engineering
Resources in science and engineering education from Richard Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. Topics include student handouts, learning styles, and papers.
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
Reports on a 2-year study conducted by the Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning.
ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines
The Information Literacy in the Disciplines site is published by the Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. It is designed for instructors and librarians who are interested in incorporating information literacy skills into existing curriculum. Resources included on the site fall into two classes of materials:
1) standards or guidelines from accrediting agencies and professional associations
2) supplementary materials such as curricula, articles, and presentations
The National Teaching and Learning Forum
Practice-focused newsletter with summations of SoTL findings, plus columns on “what works” for assignments and in-class teaching.
Create an entry in a LocalWiki
Students create an entry in the Fremont Wiki - http://localwiki.net/fremont. Students incorporate information literacy concepts, have hands-on experience conducting research, and create actual content on the Internet [while also learning how easy it is for anyone to change that content]. It could also be a great chance to get students into local museums and archives.
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Using Comics to Reflect on Academic Work
Students are asked to reflect on their experience writing a required “literature review” for the course through a first-person “comic.” The visual narrative format allows students to come to terms with their own experience of what was hard, easy, or confusing about the literature review process and express it in a creative way.
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