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text of an article online. With this service, you can opt to receive alerts when a new issue of a journal is published or when articles tagged with specific search terms are published. This automated service will be replacing periodic emails from PLU librarians sharing the current contents of some journals. To utilize this service: Set up a MyEBSCOhost folder account online. Subscribe to journal issue alerts or search topic alerts. The links above provide tutorials to guide you through this process
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Managing Student Email with Discussion Forums Posted by: bodewedl / February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Living in the age of digital communication, email inboxes can demand the time and attention of many professionals. While there is no perfect remedy to managing email, one strategy faculty may consider is using an online forum for answering general student questions. The strategy is fairly simple: in your Sakai course site, use the Forums tool to create
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have you adapted your traditional teaching methods for video and other online-only instruction? Yaden: Since I’m teaching a 400-level course (Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics) this semester, the adaptations were minimal. I have been meeting with my students regularly for our normal class time but using Zoom as our tool for synchronous learning. I share my screen so students can follow my PowerPoint as well as any other resources I show, such as websites and audio/video clips. We were already
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college as an undergraduate at Penn State,” Auman said. “Whenever I was out and about, I would buy Pez when I could. Then people started giving them to me.” “I have this giant (one) that my brother had given me. (Students) sit here when we’re talking and they’re like, “What is that? What does that give out?” And I’m like, “Well, why don’t you open it and find out?” … Then it plays the (Charlie Brown) song and they just chuckle.” Putting students at ease when they’re stopping by doesn’t just allow for
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majoring in journalism at PLU has helped him in unexpected ways. He said because there were few required courses to qualify for the major, he was able to take courses in art, history and economics. “A good reporter needs to know a little bit about everything,” Thiel said. “My PLU education served me well in that way, giving me a breadth of experience to cover stories that are different, unusual or beyond my field of endeavor.” Glasgow, who reports for KOMO Radio and is a Mariners’ pre- and post-game
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Reading Recommendation | ‘Stop Blaming Colleges for Society’s Problems: The value of an elite education remains unparalleled’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / August 6, 2014 August 6, 2014 Reading Recommendation | David A. Bell’s article on NewRepublic.com, “Stop Blaming Colleges for Society’s Problems: The value of an elite education remains unparalleled” This is a thoughtful piece on why universities will survive, and in fact thrive, in an era of free, online courses and concern over the value of a
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. We work with the students to do everything. I’m rarely alone. I love giving students the agency to participate and create. How would you describe your teaching style? Controlled chaos with copious reference material. I am methodical on the course site and in planning, and I’m chaotic in the classroom. I’m incredibly animated in the classroom. My lectures are usually active, since I am almost always teaching students how to do something. … My catchphrase has become “Keep messing it up,” because
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software can create the knots, giving Heath and his students the ability to see the knot in three dimensions and better understand the problem, Ebbinga explained. But that’s only the tip of the virtual iceberg. Ebbinga imagines the software being used for stage design, in the science department for digital imaging, by facilities to design landscapes or layout sprinkler systems, and by individual student for special projects. “What is really interesting about this program, is it’s not just big
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for these fields and relies on workers from other countries to fill many of these positions, she said. Franklin encouraged the students to continuing learning about math and science, despite the frustrations or roadblocks they may encounter. She also advised they take advantage of every opportunity to use their skills, such as the MESA Day event. “I’m proud of MESA for what it’s doing for students,” Franklin said. “And you students should be proud of being a part of it. “MESA is giving students
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, “worth giving your life for.” PLU students search for, and articulate to themselves and to each other, convictions that provide steadiness and inspiration. They test their aspirations and convictions against the ideas, concepts and theories they engage in class. They search out faculty who will converse with them about how what they are learning in their courses connects to who they are becoming. They spend time with mentors who listen as they give voice to their developing senses of themselves and
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