As discussed in a recent interview in Campus Technology:

Instructional Technologist Marta Masterson is used to some skepticism when students see her syllabus. A lot of them have never heard of Web 2.0 technologies like Diigo, Glogster, Prezi, and PBworks. For some, the thought of using any technology they can't access from their phone breaks them out in a cold sweat. For others, there's a very real concern that investing hours into Web 2.0 projects could result in waking up one morning to…

The purpose of CIRT is to be a resource to faculty... as such, we strive to be here to facilitate your excellence in being a college faculty member! With this broad goal, it isn't surprising that we have some information on the website that you may find very valuable and other information that you don't find relevant to your particular career path. You can customize your experience on the CIRT website to meet your own professional goals... if there is a blog or an area of the website that you…

According to Academic Impressions:

Recent lawsuits against institutions of higher education make two things clear: how little is understood on campus about what "fair use" entails, and how critical it is to plan for risk mitigation as your campus community increasingly makes use of digital content. We turned to experts Steven McDonald (Rhode Island School of Design) and Kevin Smith (Duke University) for some practical tips.

To see the complete article, visit the Academic Impressions website:

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Scholarship Reconsidered: Discrepancies in How Faculty Teach and How Faculty Are Evaluated
A new study looks at the impact of Ernest Boyer's "Scholarship Reconsidered" (1990), which argued that the rigors of controlled experiments, peer review, and sustained research could be applied to pedagogy, from course design to curriculum planning. The new study finds significant impact of these ideas on the practice of teaching, but notes that these ideas have not significantly influenced how faculty are…

Starting on Sept. 5, this 12-week facilitated writing group will follow a step-by-step process to move you from idea to a submittable manuscript. If you have one-hour per day (including writing time), you will be ready to submit your work for publication consideration by the end of the semester. To sign-up, email [email protected].

Looking for strategies to enliven your online classroom? Instructor-generated multimedia (audio, video, narrated PowerPoint) provides a great way for you to TEACH your online students in an engaging fashion. Attend this 30-minute webinar for an introduction to learn more about how to create and incorporate multimedia into your GCU online classroom.

Monday, Sept. 5 (4:00 pm, AZ Time) https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750222384

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The "12-weeks to Submission" series is a guided workshop designed to motivate and structure the writing process to help researchers/theorists transform archived materials into publishable journal manuscripts. The series is based on the book "Writing Your Journal Article in 12-Weeks" by Wendy Belcher. The series will run September 5 through November 27; participation in the workshop will take approximately 1 hour per day (this includes writing time).

If you are interested in working with others…

As our brains adapt to the wealth of information available via the Internet, it appears that we are more likely to remember how to find information than we are to remember the content of the information. This finding (see Columbia University Research for the full article) brings up questions about how we teach and learn in higher education. Perhaps a greater awareness of how to locate information will lead to less emphasis on memorization, thus freeing up time and mental energy to focus on…

The following excerpt is taken from Inside Higher Education:

Online education demolishes borders: borders between regulatory jurisdictions, between traditional and nontraditional learners, and between for-profit and nonprofit higher education.

But one pattern of erosion that has been less thoroughly documented has been the crumbling of the borders that define the work lives of college professors. Some experts fear that the boom in online education could lead to higher rates of burnout among…