CUNE Classroom Innovation & Online Education
A resource for Concordia University, Nebraska faculty
You may have noticed that some areas of Blackboard look a little different. We recently upgraded, and with this upgrade came some new features. Three of these new features that you may want to note are the calendar, discussions, and Continue reading New Blackboard Features
Recently, Concordia’s director of the disability services office, Tanya Jarchow, brought a court case to my attention. It involves a lawsuit against Louisiana Tech University, which the university lost, and it sheds some interesting light on the issue of accessibility. Continue reading Accessibility
The following guest post is from Reference and Instruction Librarian Tom Krenzke. In it he gives an overview of some new research resources available through the library: The following tools, targeted for undergraduate, degree completion, or graduate students, have been Continue reading Research Resources
I am participating in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) facilitated by Dr. Bernard Bull from Concordia University Wisconsin. The MOOC topic is understanding cheating in online courses. I hope to learn a lot of good information over the next Continue reading Understanding Cheating in Online Courses
One of the features built into Blackboard is a program called SafeAssign. With it, faculty can run reports on essays to determine whether students are plagiarizing or incorrectly integrating outside sources into their writing. If you’re not familiar with SafeAssign, Continue reading SafeAssign
Need media for a class? Many of our faculty members are already using documentary films or film clips from Films on Demand in classes or as supplemental material. If you are unfamiliar with this great resource, read on. Films on Continue reading Films on Demand
This is “part 2” in the series of blog posts on lessons learned from online instructors. In this post, we will focus on another suggestion from Joanna Dunlap and Patrick Lowenthal, which is to offer student support. More specifically, as Continue reading “Lessons Learned” from Online Instructors: Student Support
I recently began using Socrative (www.socrative.com), a web-based classroom response system. I can create multiple choice or short answer questions, and the students can answer those questions in real-time in class from a computer (via m.socrative.com), tablet, or smartphone (via Continue reading Socrative
Dr. Royuk and I attended the Educause Learning Initiative in early February. A session that I particularly enjoyed was “Lessons from the Field: An Analysis of Online Instructors’ Best Practices.” In this session, Joanna Dunlap (University of Colorado Denver) and Continue reading “Lessons Learned” from Online Instructors: Be Present
Blogger is a really easy to use blogging platform that allows multiple users to submit posts via email. This means that you can create an email address, provide it to a number of different people, and they can then submit Continue reading Group Blogging via Email
