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CSU Summer Institute: on usefulness and benefit

Posted on June 23, 2015 by geoffcain

Eleven Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Blackboard Collaborate and Our PLCs

Posted on October 23, 2013 by geoffcain

The CSU is using Blackboard Collaborate for 19 campuses. The Professional Learning Communities that are coming out of the eAcademies will be meeting  every two weeks in Collaborate. The Biology eAcademy will be continuing using Collaborate. http://tinyurl.com/csu-plc Brett Christie opened … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Using TurnItIn

Posted on October 23, 2013 by geoffcain

The CSU has a license for TurnItIn http://turnitin.com This has become so much more than just plagiarism software. It allows instructors to do extensive mark-up and commenting on papers. It has a powerful rubric tool, it allows instructors to insert … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Course Accessibility and Universal Design

Posted on October 22, 2013 by geoffcain

Presented by Brett Cristie – Lets talk about Universal Design for Learning because we are talking about course redesign. Accessible Technology InitiativeFrom a Jan. 1, 2006: “Information Technology Procurement and Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities” Instructional Materials Accessibility Are My … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: SmartScience Demonstration & Exploration

Posted on October 22, 2013 by geoffcain

History of SmartScience – http://www.smartscience.net/SmartScience/SmartScience.html English: Students completing a lab experiment in Fisher Hall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What makes a great science lab experience? Edmund Hall wrote a book on science on teaching science – gave an ideal vision.  A good … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Further Discussions on Teaching with Simulations

Posted on October 22, 2013 by geoffcain

Students in the incubation room at the Woodbine Agricultural School, New Jersey (Photo credit: Center for Jewish History, NYC) The group seems to have come to a consensus tha tthe online “labs” are really simulations and not labs. They can … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Introduction to Virtual Labs

Posted on October 22, 2013 by geoffcain

Figure 3 (Photo credit: Libertas Academica) Bob Deshamais and Paul Narguizian Paul is from Cal State LA. He was hired as “Biology Educator” – he focuses on education. They are focusing on GE Biology – they have a plant and … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: SmartSciece and Virtual Labs

Posted on October 21, 2013 by geoffcain

Charles Darwin as a young man, probably before the Galápagos visit (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An Introduction to SmartScience and Virtual Labs Teaching Commons Robert Deshamais has been working on online labs since the 90s. He started building PC software and then moving it … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Preliminary Meeting

Posted on October 21, 2013 by geoffcain

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) (Wikipedia) This week, I am at the California State University’s Biology eAcademy. We are meeting for three days. The eAcademys are basically mini-conferences getting facuty together from across the system to look at proven course redesign practices … Continue reading →

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