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Digital Teaching Fellows present 8/20/14
Following up on intensive two-day workshops in May, thirty-five selected Rutgers-Camden faculty members will be presenting their newly-redesigned courses over the course of several presentation days. Please join us for the first of these events: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 124 … Continue reading
PowerPoint: record narration
PowerPoint: converting presentation to Flash video using iSpring Free When you want to share PowerPoint presentations with your students, you have a few different options. This tip sheet outlines how to convert the presentation to a Flash movie, which you … Continue reading
MIT researches online lectures: just “chunking” is not enough
These qualities improved online lectures for students: brevity (viewers tune out after six minutes) informality (professors seated at a desk, not standing behind a podium) lively visuals (rather than static PowerPoint slides) fast talkers (the most engaging professors spoke 254 … Continue reading
Student polling applications
last updated Student polling applications allow all students to participate in class, anonymously or for credit. In the past, professors may have required students to purchase clickers, but newer systems allow students to participate with their personal devices in the … Continue reading
Rutgers–Camden’s inaugural eLearning Conference
On April 29, 2014, the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center and Department of Instructional Design & Technology came together to host Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural eLearning Conference. The conference featured brief faculty presentations, during which faculty members shared their experiences in moving … Continue reading