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Can technology be effectively used as a teaching tool without knowing the benefits of its use in the learning process? On Friday, February 23, 2012 Dr. Sarah Hug joined the Teaching with Technology seminar to answer just that question. As a research associate at ATLAS and a learning scientist specializing...

While the idea of using technology as a teaching tool in classrooms holds allure, why use technology if it does not have a positive effect on learning? During his Teaching with Technology presentation, Dr. Tim Weston spoke on the importance of assessment in determining the efficacy of teaching with technology...

With the advancement of massive multiplayer online games and simulation technology, entire classrooms and even campuses can now be found in a digitized state, existing within the online realm of gaming. But actually teaching in a virtual world? Such ideas seem fit only for the pages of science fiction and...

A Chronicle of Education article on 'flipping' college lecture courses highlights Professor Martin's evolutionary biology course.

For every major, there is a key set of skills that students are expected to obtain and refine over the course of their educational experience. In English, the two primary skills are writing and close reading. Close reading can be defined as the ability to look at a text, interpret...

Mike Klymkowsky is a professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at CU and Co-Director of CU Boulder’s Science Teacher Preparation and Certification Program (CU Teach). During his Teaching with Technology presentation, he discussed the current problems facing education and the new tools available to overcome at least some of...

During the Teaching with Technology seminar series, Tim Wadsworth, an Associate Professor in CU’s department of Sociology, analyzed the effectiveness of his online courses in his presentation. The biggest challenge Dr. Wadsworth encountered was to get students engaged, especially during the summer, so he needed to find a solution to...

When you hear someone say they are dancer, immediately an image of a person performing on a stage in front of an audience appears in your head. Generally, our view of dance as an art form tends to exist within a narrow scope that is bounded within the diameters of...

David Schaal, the Lead Multimedia Instructor in Boulder’s Technology, Arts, & Media Program (T.A.M.), discussed the digital platforms he employed in his classes over the past several years to improve accountability and student participation in his Teaching with Technology presentation. Through testing various mediums to present class information, Instructor Schaal...

The intersection of technology and research come together in Personal Learning Environments (PLEs), a customized learning experience and process based on an individual’s needs. Alison Hicks, the Romance Languages Research and Instruction Librarian, discussed this innovative teaching tool during her presentation in the Teaching with Technology seminar. Personal learning environments...