Category higher education
Should students be allowed to design their own extra-credit projects?
Graduate students in Mass Communication Teaching are asking questions about decisions they are making for syllabi they are developing for undergraduate communications courses. Q: Instead of giving the students a list of assignments for extra credit, can I let them design their own projects to allow more creativity and flexibility? A: As a teacher, I […]
Should exams in a course all count the same amount and should students have the option of dropping an exam grade?
An important part of teaching is being able to design an effective course syllabus. So that’s one of the course requirements for the graduate students in Mass Communication Teaching (MMC 6930) at the University of Florida. The students in the course each have determined an undergraduate communications course that they would like to teach. Now […]
University faculty members must have technology skills for some of the getting-ready-for-the-semester-to-start duties
With the start of the school year at universities across the country, faculty members must have a range of digital skills and make technology decisions that didn’t even exist a few years ago. Setting up a listserv for each class – With a class listserv, I can send one e-mail and reach every student in […]
Orientation helps prepare UF’s 350 new teaching assistants for their teaching duties
Classes will be starting at the University of Florida next week. Faculty and graduate students spent this week getting ready. On Monday, I was a speaker at the orientation for the more than 350 new teaching assistants at UF this year. I’ve enjoyed being a part of the orientation for new TAs for more than […]
Documentary Film Institute’s ‘Bound by Haiti’ is getting coverage beyond its screenings
The Documentary Film Institute at the University of Florida is interested in getting publicity for its program and the documentaries that the graduate students and the faculty in the program produce. However, this year, a documentary could be made about the Documentary Institute itself. The latest issue is about one of the four documentaires produced […]
New York Times story reinforces the importance of self-monitoring what we post about ourselves (and others) online
A New York Times story raises the issue that we teaching college students discuss with the students — How much of your personal life should you be disclosing online? “The Tell-All Generation Learns to Keep Things Offline” starts with the story of Min Liu, a college student at the New School in New York City. […]
College students strive to obtain internships but may find that many of them are unpaid
The subject line of the e-mail read: “I got an internship!” I clicked and read that one of the students in my Writing for Mass Communication lab was writing to let me know she had gotten an internship with Sony Music Entertainment — and that the intership was paid. Not only is it great news […]
40 years ago: Remembering the Vietnam War protest on Kent State campus
Forty years ago, during Vietnam War protests at Kent State University, National Guard troops were called in to control the student protesters. Members of the National Guard opened fire, killing four and wounding nine others. Few were part of the protest. One of the murdered students was walking to class. The events of the day […]
“Video Storytelling on the Web” on NewsU provides free online training for those interested in learning video shooting and editing skills
“Video Storytelling for the Web” just launched on the Poynter Institute’s News University (NewsU) site. I was delighted to receive that e-mail announcement from NewsU manager Vicki Krueger because I was one of the three who developed the content for the course. The idea of having online courses, those that would be connected to tuition […]
Julie Dodd 