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Opening the Door to Your Classroom |

When it comes to teaching, we use various methods to answer the question, “Am I a good teacher?” Of course we all use the end-of-course evaluations completed by students. Student comments, in particular, can be useful, but may not prompt much reflection about one’s own teaching.
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Using Facebook in Your Teaching |
 From friends to students to politicians, many have a Facebook account. Facebook, a social networking site, began in 2004 and has moved beyond its early days of connecting students at Ivy League schools. Since 2006, anyone who is over 13 and has a valid email address can create an account.
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Hands-on, Active Learning |
 Teaching methods that promote student participation and active learning are often advocated, however, the term “active learning” lacks a common definition in educational literature. Most educators assume that learning is inherently active; yet research suggests that for students to be actively learning, they need to do more than just listen.
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Instruction: Video Production |
 When you think of instructional video in engineering education, you may think solely of distance learning applications. While distance delivery is a viable use of video technology, the FIC also offers high caliber video production services.
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