Copyright, author’s rights, and licensing of personal works continue to enter into discussions at all levels of university work. From faculty authorship to students’ creative works available on the Internet, each individual can now specify the conditions for the distribution and use of their works using the Creative Commons. [From the Creative Commons website:] What […]
Continue Reading November 19th, 2008
Do you ever have a hard time finding books and sources to help you prepare for lectures and classes? Do you have a list of books that you would love to read, but just don’t have the time or money? Could your students benefit from free book viewing online? Well, Google has launched something that […]
Continue Reading 1 comment November 17th, 2008
On October 31, 2008, Michael Carroll presented “Copyright and Your Right to Use and Share Your Scholarly Materials” at BGSU’s Olscamp Hall. His presentation was recorded, so be sure to set aside 60 minutes for this thought-provoking view of the coming shift in scholarly communication: For BGSU community – Click here to view (with description, […]
Continue Reading November 12th, 2008
DiRT is the acronym for a new wiki, Digital Research Tools. DiRT offers an array of resources for grad students or instructors in higher education. This wiki is a collection of resources that helps scholars do everything from manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts. There are over two dozen links to different […]
Continue Reading November 5th, 2008
The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring 13 learning communities (LC) for the 2008-09 academic year. Below are brief updates from four of them, regarding their accomplishments and future plans. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning LC (Facilitated by Jackie Cuneen and Mark Earley)The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning LC read and discussed anthropologist Rebakah […]
Continue Reading October 30th, 2008
Would you like to be discuss over 37 thousand topics concerning higher education with more than 22 thousand people around the world? Do you have a strong opinion about some practice in the classroom that you want to share with someone? The Chronicle for Higher Education has a discussion forum where you can peruse more […]
Continue Reading August 7th, 2008
Just last week an article by Andrea L. Foster was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The article has been generating plenty of traffic and just as much discussion. If you wonder why the article may be attracting so many readers, please read the first two paragraphs of her article (below) and what she […]
Continue Reading August 1st, 2008
Would you like to be able to read what people all over the world are saying in the realm of higher education about an array of interesting topics? If this is something you would like, then you should read what a huge network of professionals share almost everyday on Tomorrow’s Professor. This is a collaborative […]
Continue Reading July 25th, 2008
The Office of Service Learning is beginning to plan for the Fall ’08 Faculty Focus Workshop series. “If you have taught, are teaching, or are planning on teaching a service-learning course, we would like to have you participate in our series.“ Here is a description of the Faculty Focus Workshop series offered each semester: Faculty […]
Continue Reading April 11th, 2008
This is a final reminder concerning the upcoming submission deadline for Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching. Insight focuses each edition on a specific topic or theme relevant to current trends in higher education; the theme of the third issue is scholarship of teaching and learning. Submission details are as follows: STYLE – All manuscripts […]
Continue Reading April 1st, 2008
