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PLU Senior Elana Tracy on her (three!) study away experiences, learning during COVID, and plans for graduate school Posted by: bennetrr / May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021 By Ernest JasminPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterSenior Elana Tracy ‘21 has mixed feelings now that her studies at Pacific Lutheran University are coming to an end. On the one hand, PLU allowed her to discover a passion for global studies while studying abroad in Great Britain; but on the other, she won’t miss learning in

large news-show desk in front of cameras, Tinker discussed Initiative 1 on the 2015 ballot with Don Hansen, a local small business owner, and the show’s host, Chris Anderson. The show originally aired on Friday, October 30 at 7:30pm. Participants talked about the costs and benefits of raising the minimum wage in Tacoma to $15/hour. Tinker was confident during the interview as she realized her preparations for the Ruth Anderson Public Debate gave her more than enough experience and skill to handle

do I embed a YouTube video in a text box? How do I embed an audio player in a text box?   Why avoid Adobe Flash? Content relying on Adobe Flash cannot be displayed to users of iPads and iPhones. Furthermore, Flash is a decaying web technology with many security vulnerabilities, severe enough for Chrome and Firefox to begin blocking Flash content by default. We recommend that instructors using content that depends on Adobe Flash begin to find alternatives. If you’re not sure if you have Flash

Classroom Podium Videos Just Launched! Posted by: Jenna S / August 26, 2014 August 26, 2014 Instructional Technologies is proud to announce that three new “Classroom Podium” videos just went live via our YouTube channel and web site. Instructors can now easily familiarize themselves with classroom technology they will be using at the start of the semester, from the convenience of their own offices.   Three New Videos! Each video is around three to four minutes in length and covers topics such

Sakai Gradebook: Supporting Student Success Posted by: hassonja / November 29, 2017 November 29, 2017 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Image courtesy of Ron Gerhardstein, 2017 Efforts to increase student retention have highlighted the importance of supporting student success. While grades are not the be-all and end-all of college learning, it is still important for students to be able to easily monitor their learning progress. With access to tools like the Sakai Gradebook, students

working together should surpass the effectiveness of an individual note-taker. Shared documents and wikis seem to be the most common way to organize group notes. Google Docs work well because they allow multiple contributors to take notes simultaneously on the same document. Wikis are beneficial because they allow for the collective building of web pages, with the potential to better organize and search by topic or date. I recently returned from a regional conference where collective note taking is

Academic Integrity and Honor Pledges Posted by: bodewedl / April 27, 2016 April 27, 2016 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer As the end of the semester approaches, many students will inevitably begin to feel the pressure of impending papers, projects, and exams. While the prevalence of cheating varies and is difficult to measure, most faculty are concerned with ensuring the academic integrity of student work in their courses. Depending on the assessment, a variety of strategies can be

health in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a senior advisor to the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York and co-director of AIDS-Free World, a new international AIDS advocacy organization based in the United States. His work with the United Nations spanned more than two decades. He was the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from June 2001 until the end of 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Lewis was deputy

April 25, 2008 Poetic imagery celebrates Earth Day Mary Oliver has never written a poem from beginning to end, without edits. She loves her dog, Percy, dearly, and has devoted at least three poems to him. She likes to read non-fiction, mostly. She draws most of her inspiration from the natural world, but isn’t above placing images of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sniffing presidential armpits in her work – really. At last Tuesday’s Earth Day celebration, the reclusive Pulitzer

October 7, 2011 Benson lecturer poses question: Would slavery have ended without the Civil War? If the Civil War didn’t end slavery, something else would have, said history professor Peter A. Coclanis. By 1861 slavery was dying out,” Coclanis said , who teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Slavery probably would not have survived much longer. Coclanis presented a lecture entitled, “Would Slavery Have Survived Without the Civil War? A Counterfactual Analysis,” on Monday