CSUF NBC Learn Higher Ed

  

In order to allow students in the 21^st century to better see, feel, and be a part of the educational experience, professors must utilize resources that enable a more interactive and dynamic educational experience.

NBC Learn Higher Ed is a subscription-based service that contains an archive of over 80 years of day-to-news coverage as reported by NBC news. The resources in this archive are comprised of primary source videos, newsreels, documents, and images that bring history and issues to life as they were covered. The university recently entered into a contract with the service and now faculty, staff and students at Cal State Fullerton can access this vast repository of visual and historical documents at no cost.

NBC Cue Card

After logging in to NBC Learn Higher Ed, patrons can browse and research the archives using the Cue Card system. Cue Card is an interactive media player that enables users of NBC Learn to view, read, and annotate on any of the resources contained within the archive. Cue Card organizes the information into individual cards that contain bibliography, transcripts and closed captions. The cards can be arranged into custom playlists that subscribers can save, share, and revisit whenever they want. Each record covers a topic that is accurate and professionally produced making NBC Learn a valuable asset for professors.

NBC Learn contains a premium collection in the areas of natural sciences, humanities, health, social and behavioral sciences, visual and performing arts, business and government. Each resource in the archives includes learning objectives that can be easily integrated into a lesson. The short duration of the videos makes them perfect “bite size” records to incorporate into curriculum that uses the flipped classroom methodology. Faculty members that want to practice active and cooperative learning can use any of the non-fictional files to encourage participation, promote research, teach problem solving, and help improve critical thinking and global perspective.

Faculty, staff and students can access CSUF NBC Learn from the portal or by going directly to the webpage.

How to Find Google Documents that are Shared

In this video Richard Byrne gives an overview of how to search for documents shared in Google documents.

of Instructional Design and Technology

In this list posted by Karla Gutierrez in Shift, she reviews productivity and advises, "stop doing what is not serving you any purpose."

Things to remember:
One Task at a Time
Stay Focus
Plan
Keep track of time
Do excellent work
Do not waist time perfecting

This is a list worth reviewing to become more productive

from a post by Karla Gutierrez 

An Image is Worth a Thousand Words

The right image has to tell the story, satisfy the eye and intrigue the mind.

Browse Unsplash to find something suitable for your project. Unsplash has high resolution pictures licensed under Creative Common Zero. Do not forget to give credit even if they do not ask you to, it is just a matter of respect.

Michael Hirsh from Unsplash

Make a Difference in the Life of a Student

Teachers and Technology

How To Embrace & Implement Ed Tech in 2015 from EasyBib.com

Flipping a Large Class

Professor of Columbia University Brent Stockwell flipped a large class successfully. The biochemistry class with 180 students was rearranged to create a more productive and enjoyable academic experience.

Professor Satchwell made ​​weekly slide shows and screen recordings that he uploaded to YouTube, embedded in the LMS, and required students to watch. He also created quizzes that were linked to the videos and counted toward the final grade. The audiovisual presentation, videos and assessments certainly did the job of bringing students prepared for class.

During class Stockwell divided the class into groups of five and had activities such as difficult problem solving. He used "Socratic" (a voting enabled service through mobile phones and tablets) to ask questions and receive answers anonymous. The polls gave him freedom to review materials or continue with the next topic.

Although the large lecture hall is not configured for group work, Stockwell was able to capture the attention of students and engage them. By creating a "bank of problems" in collaboration with other teachers of biochemistry, Stockwell is solving the shortage of thought-provoking problems he faced during the first year of the launch of its flipped class.

This successful experience in flipping a large class is a clear example of how to use digital tools to implement a new educational methodology.

Large Lecture Hall Class

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