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I am searching for tools/workshop topics/just about anything that would be pertinent to community college students and supporting students interested in transferring to a four-year uni. Any thoughts or recommendations?
I’m curious to know what’s going on in the academic world with Google Wave. Is anyone using this for any interesting projects? Any cases where it seems to be more effective than pre-existing technologies like Wikis?
I think there’s a post on this coming this semester–but can’t say it’s imminent. A lot of use cases are still in-process.
Looking for good research and resources about using video in instruction. More interested in the “why” than the “how”. Thanks.
Hey, what kinds of lecture/notes do you give about Wikipedia? I have a general “don’t rely on reference sources” lecture prepared for later in the semester, but I am thinking more specifically here.
Hmm–I don’t say much, but I usually give some brief bit about why students shouldn’t rely on it anymore than they would on the Britannica, but then try to show them what it is good for. Maybe I should think about a post next week….
Yep, I should confirm that I do show them what I feel Wikipedia is good for (a lot of things!). A handful of students approached me near the end of the semester to thank me because my suggestions helped their research a lot.
As a librarian, I feel obliged to mention that your campus librarians will probably be happy to visit your class and address this and other research related topics. I usually include a sentence or two on Wikipedia in my instruction sessions. Something to the effect that it’s good for background reading and gaining a general familiarity with an unknown topic and perhaps for finding citations to more scholarly sources, but that it shouldn’t be relied on itself in an academic paper.
“Don’t rely on reference sources” may be painting with too broad a brush. To my mind, that seems to exclude a lot of academically appropriate sources (e.g., chemical handbooks, reputable biographical encyclopedias).
Ron, that is more or less what I tell them. This is English, so I am not super familiar with those science books but I will keep that in mind. My classes visit the library once a semester to view a presentation on library research (in fact, just confirmed the date last night).
I’m a day late (and many dollars short) for this thread, but as I fill out my first ever yearly report on faculty activities (annual review), I find myself eager for input and advice. Suddenly I don’t know how to answer fundamental questions. How DO you measure teaching effectiveness?!?!!? Does walking my dog count as community involvement (please say yes)? Recruitment? Are you sure I was supposed to do that?! Help.
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