Teaching Tips Live! offers ideas for instruction
February 4, 2014
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Learn about the importance of achieving flow state, principles that form the foundation of every personal productivity system and the tomato that's inspired productivity around the globe — all at the upcoming Teaching Tips Live! event.
Teaching Tips Live! is a series of presentations to and discussions with UAF faculty about new technology and instructional methods that can be used in online and face-to-face classrooms.
Teaching Tips Live! will be available via Google+ Hangouts on Air. Find everything you need to know about the events at UAF eLearning's iTeachU site.
Mark your calendar with the following dates:
- Feb. 11, 1 p.m., "On Flow States, Tomatoes and Personal Productivity," by Chris Lott. In addition to the productivity tips, there's this bonus: Your instructor will teach you to pronounce Mkihail Csíkszentmihályi's name and how to turn an earworm from a pest to a force for good.
- March 25, "The Oxford Tutorial Method in the Digital Age," by Owen Guthrie.
- April 8, "Student Video Presentations," by Chris Malmberg.
- April 22, "Using Google to Streamline Your Classroom," by Madara Mason.
Meanwhile, learn how to record a video on the fly in this week's Teaching Tip by UAF eLearning Instructional Designer Dan LaSota. A webcam and YouTube allow faculty to improve teacher presence and effectively respond to class discussion, topical events or student performance.