Swine Flu

For months now we have been hearing about the swine flu and how to protect ourselves. As faculty, it's time to think of how to protect your courses! With today's technology it is possible to maintain class even during a flu epidemic. Using Blackboard, Wimba, email, and other online services, you can host class and collect assignments all from the convenience of home.

For a list of tips on teaching during a flu outbreak, please visit CTL's flu page.

For the latest information on the H1N1 virus from Regent University, read this update.

Blooms DIGITAL Taxonomy

You may be familiar with Blooms Taxonomy of cognitive objectives, but did you know that there is an updated version? In 2001 Lorin Anderson, a former student of Bloom's, published the revised taxonomy. It remains a "continuum from Lower Order Thinking Skills to Higher Order Thinking Skills," but now includes activities and objectives that have emerged with the use of digital technologies in the classroom (such as blogging, podcasting, googling, editing, and social networking).



You can read a detailed description of each skill level at this article from Tech & Learning.

Open Educational Resources Commons

“Learning is sharing,” states this website. A collection of higher education course materials and resources that is completely searchable, the Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons presents great potential for providing supplementary online resources for an array of disciplines including: Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics & Statistics, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. Visit them at http://www.oercommons.org/