by Kim Levenhagen, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy I love watching how children imitate behaviors they have observed from role models. They develop their ability to problem solve new experiences by memories and trial and error. Young children are fearless. They are not afraid to try new things and make mistakes. You can almost see their… Continue reading Helping Students Connect the Dots using a Wiki
Category: Teaching with Technology
15 Strategies for Moving Beyond Lecture Capture: Interactive Instructional Uses for Tegrity
by Michaella Thornton, Assistant Director for Instructional Design, Reinert CTTL In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), I am excited to share “15 Strategies for Moving Beyond Lecture Capture: Interactive Uses for Tegrity” so faculty and students may continue to use this SLU-supported learning technology in… Continue reading 15 Strategies for Moving Beyond Lecture Capture: Interactive Instructional Uses for Tegrity
What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
A Manifesto for Teaching Online Link: http://onlineteachingmanifesto.wordpress.com/ We could write a lot about this but if you’re thinking about teaching online, we suggest printing it out and pinning it someplace where you can spend some time contemplating it. Infographics in the Classroom Link: http://www.queness.com/post/9942/how-to-design-your-own-infographics Should we be requiring our students to organize their thoughts and… Continue reading What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
Lecture Capture and Large Classes
by Mike Lewis, Associate Professor, Chemistry Thinking about topics for my first CTTL blog post this year, the obvious idea was to discuss my experiences with lecture capture over the past year. As most faculty probably know by now, SLU uses the lecture capture program Tegrity from McGraw Hill. This time last year, however, I think… Continue reading Lecture Capture and Large Classes
Call for Innovative Teaching Fellowship Applications and Learning Studio Open Forums
by Michaella (Hammond) Thornton, Assistant Director for Instructional Design, Reinert CTTL The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the next call for applications to teach in the Learning Studio, an experimental, technology-rich classroom located in Des Peres Hall, for the Fall 2013 semester through the Center’s Innovative Teaching Fellowship program.… Continue reading Call for Innovative Teaching Fellowship Applications and Learning Studio Open Forums
A Year of Innovative Teaching: The CTTL's Fellowship Program Continues to Thrive
by Michaella Hammond, Assistant Director for Instructional Design, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning While this year marks the Center’s 15-year anniversary, the fall semester also marks our first full year of the Innovative Teaching Fellows program, which began with three pioneering full-time faculty members who taught in the Learning Studio during the Fall… Continue reading A Year of Innovative Teaching: The CTTL's Fellowship Program Continues to Thrive
Welcome Back: What You Need to Know about SLU Global (a.k.a., Blackboard)
By Kim Scharringhausen, Instructional Liason Learning Management Systems (LMS) have been around here at Saint Louis University almost from the time they first became available in 1995. SLU adopted WebCT in 1997 and launched it as a small pilot for the Nursing School and then made it available to the entire University. My relationship with… Continue reading Welcome Back: What You Need to Know about SLU Global (a.k.a., Blackboard)
CTTL Director Talks on Fox 2 Local News
Our own CTTL Director, Dr. Debra Lohe, spoke on the Fox 2 News morning broadcast on Wednesday, July 25 about engaging students in learning by leveraging software, such as Tegrity, in a “flipped class” model. In this teaching model, teachers rethink the traditional class model asking students to watch lectures and take notes as homework,… Continue reading CTTL Director Talks on Fox 2 Local News
Social Media in the Classroom: Beyond the Hype
By Jerod Quinn, Instructional Designer for the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning As an instructional designer in the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, I have been exploring the use of social media in the classroom during the spring 2012 semester. I’ll admit, it can be a little overwhelming to sort through the… Continue reading Social Media in the Classroom: Beyond the Hype
Continuing the Tradition of The Notebook with a Twist: The CTTL's Weekly Blog
While The Notebook may be new to some of our readers, our weekly web log, or blog, was first the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning's quarterly newsletter. Then as now, The Notebook will still chronicle the Center's perspectives on pedagogy, teaching with technology, instructional development, the people involved in our programs, services, and resources,… Continue reading Continuing the Tradition of The Notebook with a Twist: The CTTL's Weekly Blog
The Notebook 