Facebook for Teaching and Learning
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 1, April 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Over the years since its inception, Facebook (FB) has become the social network site of choice by University students. Selwyn...
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Technology in Pedagogy, No. 2, April 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Anand Ramchand, an Instructor from the Department of Information Systems shared his experience in getting his students to use...
View ArticleGoogle Docs and the Lonely Craft of Writing
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 3, May 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi It has been widely acknowledged that the use of collaborative technologies increases students’ engagement with the content and...
View ArticleEnhancing Your Academic Reputation with Social Media
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 4, August 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Social media are “web-based services that allow individuals to establish a public profile and articulate a list of other users...
View ArticleWikis for Participatory Learning
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 5, September 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Participatory learning with the use of wiki technology enables learners to contribute in varied ways to achieve both...
View ArticleUsing Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) to encourage peer learning and...
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 6, October 2011 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) are becoming more widely used by educators who are responding to the e-Learning needs of...
View ArticleIf you can’t Say it, Voice it: Using Text-to-speech in Presentations
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 7, February 2012 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Text-to-speech (TTS) is not anymore the nasal and metallic robot-like voice with which it is often associated. Although...
View ArticleTeaching Large Classes: Technology to the rescue!
Technology in Pedagogy, No. 12, October 2012 Written by Kiruthika Ragupathi Large class sizes are very common on university campuses, and teaching such large classes can be extremely demanding. For new...
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