Educator’s Toolbox
Posts about instructional communication and the assessment of student learning and teacher behaviors.
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Mobile Media Unmasked
This visual archive was created by COM 419 – Mobile Media Space + Place in Spring 2021 during our discussion of authentic and inauthentic representations of memory, and the role of the (public/private) digital archive in our constructions of place.
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Getting Schooled in Social Media
Social Media Strategy, my new course at Furman University was featured by Furman this week across its news, public relations, and social media properties. Check out the story below or in its online form at Furman. OCTOBER 29, 2018 by Ron Wagner ’93, Senior Writer Parents of Furman students might need a social media class,…
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#hoarders, #oversharers, and finding the middle ground
I often tell my students that information is power. Some people approach information power by hoarding information and keeping it to themselves. Others employ information power by oversharing and proving their worth through the vast amounts of information they share. Hoarders gather information and stockpile it within, while oversharers disperse information and keep it flowing…
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Going Live: Adding Nodes of Sychronicity
One of my opportunities as a Wiley Faculty Fellow is to work with the team at Wiley Education Services to improve the professional experience of educators, professors, and instructors. One result of that is the publication of a white paper, which was released today. The paper, titled “Going Live: Adding Nodes of Synchronicity to Online…
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McArthur named Wiley Faculty Fellow
Dr. John A. McArthur, Associate Professor in the James L. Knight School of Communication, was named a Wiley Faculty Fellow this fall. The media release below was shared by Wiley Education Services about the announcement: Wiley Announces Newest Cohort of Faculty Fellows Eight University Program Directors Recognized for Their Innovative Work in Online Learning Hoboken,…
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Creating a Community Archive: Storing, Citing, and Sharing Visual Data at #NCA15
At the 2015 National Communication Association annual conference, Dr. John A. McArthur presented his paper titled “Creating a community-generated archive: Digital tools for storing, citing, and sharing visual artifacts.” The paper and teaching resource describes the benefits of social bookmarking and social networking for developing an archive of ideas in the classroom. NCA 2015 was held…
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Matching Instructors and Spaces of Learning
The latest issue of Journal of Learning Spaces features a research article by Dr. John A. McArthur. The article – “Matching Instructors and Spaces of Learning: The impact of space on behavioral, affective, and cognitive learning” – examines the role of classroom space in student learning. The abstract reads: This study examined the extent to which…
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Honor Cords
One of my great joys in life is to honor people for their good work. This week, I had the privilege to honor our top students in communication through induction into Lambda Pi Eta, the national undergraduate honor society in communication. Our chapter honored 33 members of the classes of 2015 and 2016. When I…
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Next Generation Learning Spaces
I was honored to be invited to present at the Next Generation Learning Spaces conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Below are some resources for conference attendees and interested onlookers. Practical Lessons from User-Experience Design for Spaces for Learning Download the article now *** Managing Competing Agendas in Learning Spaces – Mastering the Art and Science of…
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Masters Theses
I had the pleasure of working with the graduating class of 2014 in the Knight School’s Master of Arts in Communication program at Queens. As their capstone advisor, I was privileged to wade through the mountains of writing they produced, and to provide notes on each to help them improve. Based on their work, I…
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