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Using blogs in online classes as a learning tool

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Dr. Sher Ratnabalasuriar shares her experiences using blogs in her online classes as a learning tool. She wanted an alternative to the traditional discussion boards that would encourage students to engage more, become more mindful about their writing ...

Using Voicethread

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

VoiceThread is a browser-based application that allows classrooms to have conversations asynchronously around images, videos, documents, presentations, and even lectures. In the classroom, VoiceThread can be used for digital student-portfolios, ...

Using Twitter and Facebook to Encourage Student Classroom and Political Engagement

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

In this online Faculty Showcase video, Drs. Gina Woodall and Tara Lennon from the School of Politics and Global Studies discuss how the use of social media, specifically Twitter and Facebook, affects classroom engagement.They challenge the presumed l ...

Using Twitter in Your Online Course

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

January 20, 2012

The TV show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ provides a humorous view on the use of Twitter in the surgery room, how the senior leader is skeptical about its use as a learning tool and how the professional learning network participates and in this case provides a so ...

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