Teaching F2F, Blended & Online – Week One: Personal Stories

This first of five webinars will tell personal stories from educators in the sciences and humanities who have taught in all three modes. Also, explore the topic from a designer’s perspective touching on the role of Quality Matters. Presenters: James … Read More

Flipping Your Classroom with SoftChalk: Lessons Learned from Early Adopters

During this presentation the authors will discuss why they decided to change the model for teaching by moving the “studying” to the live (or virtual) classroom and moving the “lecture/learning” to “homework”. While many instructors are struggling with the content … Read More

UT Tyler’s Emergency Care Training website, built with SoftChalk, Helps Hurricane Victims

The “Just in Time Medical Special Needs Shelter Training” module encompasses knowledge needed by nursing faculty and students, physicians, medical and non-medical volunteers as they work together to set up emergency shelters and meet medical needs of displaced populations.  The … Read More

Online vs. F2F Library Instruction – assessing the differences

The librarians at Northeast Lakeview College, one of the Alamo Colleges, used SoftChalk to develop tutorials to assist students in a first-year seminar course designed to support the transition of students enrolled in remedial courses into their college experience. Students … Read More

Bloom’s Taxonomy, Thinking Skills and SoftChalk

Bloom’s Taxonomy asks students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate. So what does that look like in a SoftChalk lesson? Duke University Talent Identification program will demonstrate how it creates lessons for gifted K-12 students where higher-order thinking skills are a … Read More

Teaching Science Totally Online Using Soft Chalk and Home-Based Lab Kits (LabPaq)

In 2003, Ocean County College (OCC) was awarded a $458,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop a One Day per Week Nursing Program which allowed students to attend clinical training one day per week while the didactic … Read More