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Curriculum Assessment Handbook

Posted Mon, 02/08/2010 - 13:54 by pwolf

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CurriculumAssessmentHandbook final.pdf

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WCET Spring Webcast Series

Posted Thu, 03/05/2009 - 12:42 by davidp

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s09webcast flyer.pdf

Attached is a flyer from WCET describing its Spring 2009 webcast series. There are rates for WCET member and non-member institutions or organizations.

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- webcast,
- WCET,
- spring,
- Professional development,
- 2009

Latest Videos

Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production in a Digital Age: John Seely Brown

Posted Mon, 04/06/2009 - 13:41 by grantpotter

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Web 2.0 in education

Posted Tue, 11/04/2008 - 16:11 by Administrator

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- Web 2.0

Latest Active Wikis

What do we know about blogging in higher education?

Posted Tue, 08/05/2008 - 10:20 by Administrator

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A blog is a "web-based publication of periodic articles, usually in reverse chronological order" (Wikipedia). Blogs are often in diary form or subject-based, usually written by a single author.

Benefits of blogging:

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- Blogging

What are the best things to do on the first few days of class?

Posted Tue, 08/05/2008 - 10:16 by Administrator

What to Do on the First Day of Class - L. Dee Fink, University of Oklahoma

What can we do on the first day of class? What should we do? One common answer is simply to start lecturing: "This is day one, here is lecture one, away we go."

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- The first few days

Latest External Sites and Resources

Academic Exchange Quarterly

Posted Tue, 01/19/2010 - 08:23 by leebrent

Readers, authors and virtual wanderers, welcome to the journal website of Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ). You will find much to read and note on this website, but the variety of postings and online material may

Site resource link:

http://www.higher-ed.org/AEQ/index.htm

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- journal

Transformative Dialogues

Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 08:58 by leebrent

Transformative Dialogues is a forum for conversations intended to foster the improvement of adult teaching and learning.