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A social learning network for CityU Teaching Faculty to build knowledge and share expertise. All who teach for CityU may join.
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Mary Mara posted a discussionOpen Access Learning Resources
Education organizations are increasingly offering high quality, open access learning resources online. Selecting open access resources for your course can provide the following benefits:Reduce the cost of required resources for students;Save instructors time by using content that is already developed;Provide a source of digital and/or interactive content to engage students in learning that is easy to integrate in your Blackboard course;Simplify access to current learning resources for students…See More
Mary Mara replied to Mahrya Carncross's discussion 'CityU Reads'"I subscribe to the Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Campus e-newsletter. One of the features I regularly check is ProfHacker, a column written by a variety of contributors who share new and/or favorite academic technology tools and…"
Mary Mara replied to Mahrya Carncross's discussion 'CityU Reads'"Staley, D. J., & Trinkle, D. A. (2011). The changing landscape of higher education. Educause Review, 46(1), 16-33.
Educause is an excellent source for information on higher education, technology and information services. In this article…"
A discussion started by Mary Mara was featuredAPA Style at CityU
City University of Seattle's library hosts a guide to APA style for faculty and student use. The guide includes an overview of document formatting and reference citation guidelines. You can also find links to resources with additional information, such as Diana Hacker's APA style website, and to free tools like Knightcite that students can use to format their reference citations. The faculty who helped create this guide, approved by CityU's Academic Affairs Council, made a few modifications…See More
Blog Posts
You (may have) bought a book for the CityU library!
The CityU library has been piloting a "patron driven acquisition" model of purchasing e-books through the Ebrary database. Our library blog post from April 19, 2012, gives more information about what we are doing and how you might have unknowingly helped to build the library's collection of relevant e-books. Read more on our blog: http://blogs.cityu.edu/?p=1721
Posted by Tammy Salman on May 8, 2012 at 1:06pm
MyCitywise Technology Resources
Did you know that CityU maintains a website full of training and productivity resources for faculty and staff on its intranet? It's called MyCitywise and should be accessible to anyone with staff or faculty login credentials.
The vision for MyCitywise in 2011 is to be CityU’s training and development resource for faculty and staff to enrich their productivity, personal job satisfaction,…
ContinuePosted by Sue Wolff on January 11, 2011 at 5:00pm
Welcome CityU faculty from your curriculum and faculty development "concierge"
Lots of faculty join this social space during the month of November when they learn of it through the Fall Faculty Development conference. We almost "held" the conference in here, but the DNA of the site doesn't lend itself to large discussions between people new to the platform. It's great for small ones though, and you can start one at any time. You can also try out blogging with the only audience being other CityU faculty. Our tone as we "speak" to each other here should be professional,…
ContinuePosted by Sue Wolff on November 8, 2010 at 7:33pm
How to add your story or resource to this site
What if you visited this Ning site one day, and every other member page contained a story? You have a story that is going to make a difference to another faculty member. That story describing a tool, scenario or learning activity you used in a course becomes the content of this site when you type it into a Blog Post.
Everyone who has joined this site can add content to it. There are two easy ways. One way is to click on the Quick Add drop-down box over in the right navigation area. The… Continue
Everyone who has joined this site can add content to it. There are two easy ways. One way is to click on the Quick Add drop-down box over in the right navigation area. The… Continue
Posted by Sue Wolff on November 8, 2010 at 6:59pm
REFLECTION WRITING
Per Sue's suggestion, here is a "teaching tool" that has served me well...
For my on-the-ground classes I begin each session with REFLECTION WRITING. I pose a question or prompt some thoughts for each student to ponder and respond to personally (in writing) for the first 5-10 minutes of our time together. This gets them focused, ends the socializing, and starts cognitive activity! Sometimes I move directly from the individuals' reflections to small or large group discussions, or save the… Continue
For my on-the-ground classes I begin each session with REFLECTION WRITING. I pose a question or prompt some thoughts for each student to ponder and respond to personally (in writing) for the first 5-10 minutes of our time together. This gets them focused, ends the socializing, and starts cognitive activity! Sometimes I move directly from the individuals' reflections to small or large group discussions, or save the… Continue
Posted by Bill Shecket on November 25, 2009 at 10:26am
Using Social Media for Multidimensional Purposes and Designs
After a wonderful summer in the use of Inquiry Methods as a Successful Learning Experience, several students produced work that I also observed with our IT Management students this fall. The use of Social Media to design, integrate, and share ideas is nothing new. However, the successful integration of these tools for improved collaboration, and student performance has had mixed results. I found it interesting that due to our open culture in exploring innovative practices at CityU, we have… Continue
Posted by Ryan Gunhold on November 11, 2009 at 10:00am
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Open Access Learning Resources
Education organizations are increasingly offering high quality, open access learning resources online. Selecting open access resources for your course can provide the following benefits:Reduce the cost of required resources for students;Save…Continue
Tags: video, resources, textbooks, openaccess
Started by Mary Mara in Resources Aug 19, 2011.
CityU Reads 3 Replies
In a recent meeting, we librarians talked about how great it would be if…Continue
Started by Mahrya Carncross in Teaching Practices. Last reply by Mary Mara May 3, 2011.
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