A Microscopic Problem With a Technological Solution

April 6, 2010

One step into the biology classroom of senior EBIO instructor Stephanie Mayer and you will find posters of magnified cells and plants lining the white walls. Taken by students with digital cameras attached to microscopes, Mayer says the process of capturing an image with only a small LCD instructor as...

AMESS: A Custom Course Management Software in Applied Mathematics

March 31, 2010

Classes like Calculus 3 and Differential Equations at CU Boulder have about 350 to 400 students each semester. Dr. Anne Dougherty, an Associate Chair and senior instructor in the Applied Mathematics Department, has experienced firsthand the challenges of managing students’ assignments in large classes. To solve this problem, she has...

Using Audacity for Teaching Advanced Chinese

March 30, 2010

Learning a new language is no easy task. And Jin Chen, an instructor in the Department of Asian Languages, is more than familiar with what it takes. First and foremost, talking in a language class is really important. Learning to speak Chinese requires certain logic in order to demonstrate coherence...

Make Clickers Work for You: Engaging your Â鶹ÒùÔº with Great Questions

March 22, 2010

In this interactive workshop, we'll explore tips and ideas for incorporating clickers into your particular class. Clickers offer a powerful way to teach science by increasing student engagement -- we have transformed our classrooms by using clickers to promote peer instruction. We'll show research results on the most effective use...

Forget the book, bring in the Flash: A universal tool for math students

March 5, 2010

In field of research where numbers, equations, and charts usually appear on paper, applied mathematics professor Dr. John Flynt likes his math a little more visually interactive. To help construct his vision, Flynt recruited eight students to work in labs developing online visual Flash applications. As part of his program...

Mike’s Anatomy: A Custom App Study Guide for IPHY 3415 (Human Anatomy Lab)

March 4, 2010

Managing and keeping track of hundreds of note cards can be a challenge for any student. What if note cards were available on your mobile device? Keeping this concept in mind, Mike Pascoe, a Doctoral Candidate studying Integrative Physiology at University of Colorado, Boulder, is one of the first from...

CU Educational Videos on YouTube

Feb. 17, 2010

YouTube is notorious for being the Internet’s biggest site for bizarre, creative, heartfelt, and hilarious videos. People from all over the world upload their personal videos for the entertainment of others. Everyone from professional video production studios and television networks to average people use YouTube to share their videos with...

Announcing ASSETT Development Awards

Jan. 12, 2010

Congratulations to the faculty who recently received ASSETT Development Awards to support their use of technology in teaching and learning. Look here over the coming semester to learn more about each of these proposals! Mark Amerika, Art and Art History, "Student Website" Melinda Cain, Communication and International Affairs, "Mobile Technology...

Impressions of Teaching a History Course Online

Dec. 7, 2009

American History Through Baseball is a unique course that uses baseball as a way to examine American history and society. When taught in person, this class is all about participation and interaction. Almost everyone knows something about baseball and can contribute to the conversation, but the same goes for those...

Teletherapy: Medicine is Going Global

Sept. 17, 2009

Professor Gail Ramsberger, chair of the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) department, realizes that technology is changing the way speech, language and hearing therapy works. Something as simple as video conferencing, because of its affordability and relatively low cost, is creating a treatment option that never existed before: teletherapy...

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