April 21, 2022 | Issue 14
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Learning Design: How Does Google Affect Memory?
How does access to Google affect our memory and learning? More importantly, how does our belief that we’ll just be able to Google whatever information we might need affect our memory and learning?
In the article ‘Google Effects on Memory’, researchers provide the findings from four different experiments. Through these experiments, they discovered that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers, and that when they expect to have future access to the information, they have lower rates of recall for the information itself. Instead, they merely remember where to access it.
So the question is, how much should we rely upon the internet as a space where information is stored collectively outside ourselves, and how might this impact our teaching? One option is to push back hard and take away all technology. Sometimes this might be the best option. Other times, it may be more beneficial to lean into this, perhaps considering whether answers that can be Googled truly need to be memorized in your field.
Either way, it can be beneficial to be conscious of the impact that tools like Google can have on us. So next time you’re designing an assessment or asking students to memorize information, consider what effect having access to tools such as Google may have for long-term recall of that information.
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Pandemic Pet Hero of the Week: Jennifer Boyd's Weller
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"This is Weller, our German Shorthaired Pointer. He best serves as a grading break buddy!"
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Have you used a Meeting Owl Pro to support Hyflex or Hybrid teaching?
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No and I would like to learn more
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Students Participate in the 5th Annual Lexington Farmer's Market Poster Contest
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Every spring for the past several years, Jeffrey Pubantz's Digital Media Production students have participated in the Lexington Farmers Market poster design contest. This year, 10 designs were created and one was selected to promote the 2022 farmers market season. Students shared their posters with the DDCC community on April 13 during a virtual capstone presentation and over the next few weeks, we will highlight all of the poster designs, ending with the winning design.
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Digital Media Student Alexis Poole
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Digital Media Student Austin Jenkins
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Need Ideas for How to Globalize your Course? Here's One Well-suited for BIO, PED, A&P, NUR, Health, & Metabolism
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Final Passport Event
The Two Oceans Aquarium located in Cape Town, South Africa, is ideally positioned to showcase the incredible diversity of marine life found at the meeting place of two mighty and bountiful oceans, the Indian and the Atlantic. These awe-inspiring exhibits aim to encourage love, respect and understanding of our oceans so that people are motivated to take action for their future well-being and to use marine and other natural resources sustainably. Students are encouraged to ask questions of their oceanographer to understand more about the aquarium, the oceans, and conservation efforts.
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My Time as a Fulbright Scholar at DDCC
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Veronica Pellegrino taking a selfie with fellow international education team members.
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The invitation to participate as a Fulbright Scholar in Residence came to me from Suzanne LaVenture in 2018, when the National University of Villa Maria, my institution, and Davidson-Davie Community College began to carry out some study abroad projects. Due to the Covid Pandemic, my scholarship was postponed for a year, but everybody knows how the saying goes: "good things take time". I finally arrived at the DDCC at the end of August 2022 with my youngest daughter and bravest companion, Sofia. The experience at DDCC has been beyond wonderful for both of us so far. We met incredible, kind and supportive people who have contributed to create the most memorable of our adventures.
As a teacher, I have had the opportunity to teach Spanish, my native language, and to share some aspects of the most representative cultures of my country, a nation as diverse and beautiful as the United States in so many ways. In my home institution, I am an English professor at the English Teacher Training Program so this year meant a lot of learning and adaptation for me: different subjects, different grading systems, and different methodologies.
During this school year, I have also participated in numerous activities that the Office of International Education carries out, such as the "Passport Events", the "Spanish hour", the "Culture Cafe" and "International Night". Personally, I think that all of these events are fantastic as they allow participants to learn about other cultures (including their own) without the hassle of packing bags and suitcases, or getting on crowded planes. One day you are learning about amazing Irish mythology and on the following one, you are taken to discover the exotic taste of “las empanadas dulces” from Argentina. Everything without taking your passport out of the drawer! How cool is that, huh?
I also had the opportunities to participate in the CCID Conference, in New Orleans, and to attend the Fulbright Prize to Bono Ceremony, in Washington DC, an unexpected plus of this adventure. Getting to know about the valuable academic efforts made across the country (and the globe) to promote internationalization in the American colleges, at the CCID Conference was truly inspiring. Getting to high-five Bono after his speech? Sorry, I have no words for that.
I am at that stage of the program in which your heart starts to feel heavy. The year has gone so fast, incredibly fast, and, though I miss my loved ones back at home, I want the time to slow down because I do not want this incredible journey to end. Being a Fulbright scholar is definitely a life changing experience. It is challenging, but worthwhile. I will always be thankful to DDCC for hosting me and providing me the opportunity of being an Argentine Cultural Ambassador in North Carolina for a while.
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The Results are In! In response to last week’s poll question, “Have you used Flipgrid to promote social presence in your online discussions? 60% said No and 40% indicated that they had never heard of Flipgrid. For those new to Flipgrid, it’s a video-based discussion tool that has become quite popular with educators. We’ve used it in our most recent version of the Effective Teaching Online course. Feel free to contact us to learn more about the tool. Flipgrid also has a helpful Educators Toolkit that provides general orientation information.
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New Podcast Episode! Episode 2 of the Learning Conversations podcast dropped this week and this one features a conversation with the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning, Gloria Johnson
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New Tech: Learning Design has a Meeting Owl Pro for you to check out and use. This is especially useful for those who teach Hyflex classes where you have some students who are unable to attend in person but can attend via Zoom. Here is a short video demo of what it looks like in action
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Be in the know! Check out the latest tips and strategies on the Learning Design blog
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Micro-courses: Short on time? Register for micro-courses. Currently we offer two: Using Video to Enhance Your Teaching and Visual Design for your Moodle Courses. These are both self-paced and can be taken at any time that works for your schedule. To register contact Learning Design
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From the Editors: Do You Have a Story to Share?
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We are looking for faculty stories! We want to keep the focus of your newsletter on you, the faculty. Would you please help us find those stories? Here are the kinds of things we are looking for:
- Faculty who have globalized their courses.
- Faculty who are doing something creative in class
- Faculty who have received awards
- Faculty reporting out on what they got from their professional development (could be written, video, podcast, etc.)
- Faculty who have received a new degree
- Faculty who are retiring
- Faculty Division Chair / Program Director Bios
- Faculty sharing their experiences of teaching in an active learning classroom
- Faculty Senate initiatives
- Faculty who have led overseas trips with students
Please contact one of the editors if you have ideas or referrals for stories.
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New and Improved TLG Website
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We are excited to share with you our new and improved TLG website! We hope that you will bookmark our site which includes great resources to support teaching and learning.
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Visit our subpages to learn more about the program areas represented within our TLG team and how they can support you!
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Looking for a previously published article in The Storm Report? Access the archives to find an earlier Issue. Enjoy!
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Teaching, Learning & Global Engagement
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