Paper Prototyping Games for Learning

I attended a session at the Emerging Learning Design Conference titled “Paper Prototyping Games for Engaged Investigations and Fun in any Subject.”  The presenters, Teresa Slobuski and James Morgan, from San José State University, point out that building board games can get students talking about a particular subject in a creative and fun way. The…

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STEAMing Up STEM

In my previous post about the NJEDge Faculty Showcase, I discussed a Biochemistry course that I had worked on with Kyle Murphy, an instructor at the Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.  In this post, I’ll discuss the keynote presentation from that event, titled “STEAMing Up STEM – Relevance for Higher Education.”

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The story of an online STEM course

At the recent NJEDge Faculty Showcase held at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, I co-presented with Kyle Murphy, a Biochemistry instructor from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.  Our presentation, titled “Introductory biochemistry: The art of biochemistry in the digital age,” discussed the transformation of Kyle’s course from a face-to-face format into a…

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