May 2009 -The Relationship in Teaching and Learning

This month we are providing resources on the topic of the relationship that faculty members have with their students in our technologically-enhanced learning environments. The world is changing. Are we as educators prepared to adapt our teaching methods to embrace this change in our students?

Podcast - Facilitating Change - The relationship with our students

An podcast interview with Dr. Joy Mighty by Maureen Wideman

Play it / hear it - MP3 - 12 minutes

Horizon Report 2009
by The New Media Consortium

The Horizon Report is a long-running research study that seeks to identify new technologies that are going to have an impact on teaching and learning. In the latest report, it describes mobiles, cloud computing, geo-everything, the personal web, semantic aware applications and smart objects.

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/CSD5612.pdf

Exemplary Online Educators: Creating a Community of Inquiry
By Beth Perry and Elizabeth Edwards

This article provides research into professors whose online courses were described as exemplary by their students. Findings reveal that highly effective online instructors challenge and affirm learners. As well, the exemplary online educators establish a clear presence in the virtual classroom and are regarded by students as persons of influence.

At the UOIT library

A Dozen Teaching Tips for Diverse Classrooms
by Piper Fogg, The Chronicle for Higher Education

As classrooms become more diverse, this article provides some tips as to how to engage students from different ages and backgrounds.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/12tips.htm

Other Resources:

What have we learned from 15 years of supporting the development of innovative teaching technology?
by Myles Boylan

http://ssc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/22/4/405

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