If students are not engaging with your course materials, you might want to consider incorporating Perusall in your course. Perusall is a learning tool that makes reading collaborative and interactive, motivating students to not only complete readings but also understand and retain information more effectively. It does this by embedding opportunities for discussion within the text of […]
A syllabus is the roadmap of a course. For many instructors, the labor of creating a syllabus is daunting. Luckily, FIU Online built a tool called CreatorPro LTI for university-wide use, which makes the process easy semester to semester. What is CreatorPro LTI? CreatorPro LTI is a syllabus creation and storage tool. The tool makes […]
PlayPosit: Increase Engagement with Videos Using videos in online learning may not sound ground-breaking or innovative, but that’s because you’re not using PlayPosit yet. PlayPosit is a tool that provides an intuitive, easy-to-use editing platform for creating interactive videos, also known as “bulbs.” You can use videos you create or content you have curated from […]
Recently, the FIU Division of Information Technology sent out a welcome message for the Fall 2019 semester featuring some tech updates. Below are some highlights. Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning Just before the Fall semester began, FIU transitioned from Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning for FIU students, faculty and staff. LinkedIn Learning contains high-quality, expert-led videos from […]
Last time you went to a garage sale, you probably found a variety of personal items out on a driveway. Everything at the sale was placed on display for you to view. To the sellers, these objects each held meaning and memories. All you saw were a few good deals and an otherwise unrelated jumble […]
On Friday morning, November 2nd, 2018, two hundred and twenty-two people traveled to FIU’s waterfront Biscayne Bay campus to attend FIU Online’s 17th annual FIU Online Con. The conference opened with an empowering keynote from an internationally recognized and seriously creative multimedia artist, Phil Hansen. Through his innovative and jaw-dropping approach to working within his […]
On Wednesday, July 18, FIU Online launched its first ever Hack Day. With roots in Silicon Valley, Hack Day is an increasingly popular tradition across the tech industry. Titans like Netflix and Facebook have held regular Hack Days for years. Today, these “disruptive” all-day events are a staple of startup culture. The goal of Hack […]
Throughout 2017, the student use of laptops/technology ban in the classroom debate got hotter than Miami in August. While not a new concern in the classroom, this laptop ban debate merits discussion. To Ban, or… University of Michigan professor Susan Dynarski identified in a New York Times op-ed article, Laptops are Great. But Not During […]
1. Bring the newest technology to the online classroom Creating a successful online course will usually depend on the use of appropriate technology. Instructional Designers can take all the guesswork out of picking the right technology for your course, learning how to use it, and even setting it up in your course site. Students have […]
