DePaul blogs and sites keep on posting: The IDD Blog posting on tools for course planning and the University Center for Writing-based Learning write for DePaul magazine on “The Decline of Writing?”
A University of Iowa professor uses Wiki software to teach the differences among state laws. Her students come out of the class having produced a 1,300 page Wiki.
Chris Perry, a professor at Hampshire College, has his students produce a short animated film as a type of experiential learning. Read more about the innovative approach and see a preview of the final film.
The Nature Publishing group continues to produce quality content on Scitable, a free online resource for genetics education.
We happen upon Wonders and Marvels, “now a place for specialists and non-specialists to revel in the stories of the past. It is provides learning opportunities for the college students who are involved on a daily basis in building the site.”
The NPR program On Point with Tom Ashbrook broadcasts a show on “Re-imagining Higher Ed.”