You’ve probably heard that Panopto, Emerson’s video-hosting platform, underwent a major update this summer. Now you can simply embed Panopto videos in Canvas, and students will automatically be able to…
As educators, we tend to replicate techniques we are comfortable using while assuming our students are OK with them. But in fact, our learners differ in ways that “they perceive…
In traditional educational contexts, providing meaningful feedback to students can enhance their learning and improve their learning performance. In online teaching contexts or in response to assignments submitted for formal…
In this first of a series of interviews with Emerson faculty, we talk with Jon Honea about how he uses technology to enhance his teaching… What courses do you teach?…
You may have heard the term UDL buzzing around lately in your education circles. It stands for Universal Design for Learning and is a guiding tenet for us here in…
Find more information in the Commons guides ITG and the Iwasaki Library have started you off with some Emerson content in Commons: if you search for Emerson College, the first results…
One of the most interesting (and easy) strategies for helping students learn that I’ve encountered recently centers around quizzing. Yes, quizzing, the thing students dread to take and teachers dread…
The Canvas dashboard currently looks like this to students: As of last weekend, those plain color blocks can now be replaced by images and even GIFs! To find out how,…
In November and December of 2014, we invited Emerson faculty with exemplary use of technology in their instruction to share their methods and impact with other members of the community….
Recently, Walker 416 was filled to capacity with faculty, staff, and pizza; all gathered together for the latest in ITG’s Faculty Showcases. The topic this semester was “student interaction”, and…
