Higher Ed Connects: Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Despite the scarcity of studies on the use of VR in classrooms, evidence examined so far suggests that VR is a powerful tool for provoking empathy and self-efficacy, according to an article by The Hechinger Report. The process of using VR to provoke empathy.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

During this hands-on activity, students carefully unroll replicas of picture scrolls from the late Heian period in the Main Librarys rare book section. Click the link for my recent journal article on female demons.) The session begins with questions such as, “Do you know why we unroll picture scrolls from right to left?”

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2017

One summer, I read a Times Higher Education article which spoke about how some educators were using Wikipedia for course assignments. Evaluate where you believe there is a content gap on Wikipedia (articles requiring improved or created) and weigh that against the availability of resources to help plug that gap.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash, Umberto, CC0 In this article, Eugen Stoica, Scholarly Communications Officer, explains the relationship between Copyright – Creative Commons licences – Open Access, and why these are important for teaching and education.

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