Introducing UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons – AKA The Library...
About the University of Victoria Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons from Rich McCue Learn – Create – Collaborate The UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC): serves all disciplines &...
View ArticleActive Learning Workshops for Makerspaces – Video Demonstration
This is a placeholder post that will feature video for a conference paper I am working on for the International Symposium for Academic Makerspaces, at Yale University from October 16-19, 2019. When I...
View ArticleIntroductory Workshops for Video Editing, Audio Editing, & Screen Capture
Photo by Matthew Kwong on Unsplash I’m looking forward working with UVic’s Technology Innovation in Education classes this week (EDCI 336) and using Creative Commons licensed materials from the...
View ArticlePandemic and Fake News: Fun Games That Teach Important Real-World Skills?
A few years ago I came home from a workshop at the University of Victoria on the topic of games for education (or gamification) and saw my son Matthew playing an interesting web-based game at our...
View ArticleConserving Energy One Home at a Time
Below are the slides and related links from my talk today at the United Nations Association of Canada event titled, “United Nations Day – Conversation on Climate Change.” Conserving Energy One Home or...
View ArticleKeychain Cellphone Stand: Design & Make Your Own!
If you have a cellphone and watch videos on it, this keychain stand will be very useful. All you need to make it is: Create a free account at AutoDesk’s TinkerCad website (a great free web-based 3D...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Project – Story Telling with Maps, Images, & Text
I ran across news of a very interesting update to Google Earth this morning. You can now use Google Earth to tell stories with a series of locations on a map, complete with multiple pictures and text...
View ArticleIntroduction to Coding 4 Educators
I have put together some resources for K-12 educators to help them learn to code themselves (if they don’t yet have coding experience) as well as provide resources for all educators to use as they...
View ArticleI’m Teaching a New Podcasting Workshop Today!
As I get ready to teach a new Introduction to Podcasting workshop later today at the University of Victoria Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons, I can’t believe it’s been over 11 years since I...
View ArticleConserving Energy One Home at a Time
I spoke to a wonderful group at St. Mary’s Metchosin church this week on Energy Conservation, and am sharing these slides with them.
View ArticleUVic Public History Hands-On Workshop
Here’s an outline of the public history workshop in the UVic Libraries “Virtual” Digital Scholarship Commons for Tuesday, March 17th, 2020. I hope that you can add some of these tools to your toolbelt...
View ArticleCoding 4 Kids – AKA Having Fun While Learning Math & Problem Solving Skills
As a child, I hated math. Math time in elementary school felt like a forced march through worksheets and times tables. The math skills I was being force fed were completely unconnected to anything...
View ArticleFlipped Learning with Zoom
Using Zoom to Replicate Face-to-Face Instructor Support in Flipped Digital Skills Classes Moving Online with Zoom in a Hurry My move from teaching blended, but primarily face-to-face skills-based...
View ArticleHow To: Image Capture & Annotation
The ability to capture a picture of your computer (or smartphone) screen, annotate it and share it has become a valuable tool for educators who are now teaching fully or partially online. Well done...
View ArticleUsing Zoom to Support Whole-Class Monitoring & Support of Software Skill...
My video presentation for the University of Victoria, Let’s Talk About Teaching professional development conference (online this year), for UVic professors and instructors. I discuss the two features...
View ArticleSmartphones: Driving Us to Distraction or Amazing Bicycles for Our Minds?
I had the pleasure of speaking to a middle school class from School District 63 about whether SmartPhones can be more than just distractions, but actually help with homework ? We talked about different...
View ArticleTopic 1 – What is Multimedia and Interactive Learning, and Why is it Important?
Welcome to EDCI 337 – Interactive and Multimedia Learning! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you as we develop new skills and deepen our understandings of interactive and multimedia...
View ArticleTopic 2 – Where and How Do We Learn, in General, and with Multimedia?
Topic 1 Learning Objectives By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe some of the key learning theories used in education Describe the importance of Dual Coding Theory and the Cognitive...
View ArticleTopic 3 – Multimedia Design for Learning
Topic 3 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe what is Multimedia to a friend Describe Multimedia Learning to a friend Describe the main Multimedia Learning...
View ArticleTopic 4 – The Design Process & Lesson Planning
Topic 4 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe the process of creating a multimedia project plan to a friend Be able to explain the key reasons why creating a...
View ArticleTopic 5 – How do we evaluate multimedia?
Topic 5 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain why evaluation frameworks for multimedia and interactive learning tools are useful when deciding whether or not to...
View ArticleTopic 6 – Selected Multimedia Creation Tools Learning Tools
Topic 6 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Use different types of design, colour, and typography to create a different tone or feeling for your multimedia objects...
View ArticleTopic 7 – The Importance of Storytelling
Topic 7 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain why teaching with stories can catch the attention of learners and make it easier for them to recall information...
View ArticleTopic 8 – Persuasive Presentations or Death by PowerPoint
Topic 8 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain which multimedia learning principles & learning theories relate to multimedia presentations Outline best...
View ArticleTopic 9 – Active vs Passive Learning using Multimedia Tools
Topic 9 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe four or more active learning techniques and why they often lead to higher grades and longer-term recall of skills...
View ArticleTopic 10 – Data Visualization
Topic 10 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe how Florence Nightingale’s use of statistics and data visualization had a major impact on modern healthcare and...
View ArticleTopic 11 – Persuasive Smartphone Photography
Topic 11 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Use multimedia learning principles when taking instructional or persuasive photographs Set focus and exposure manually in a...
View ArticleTopic 12 – The Great Educational Technology Debate
Topic 12 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain why some professors argue that Educational Technology makes “no significant difference” to student learning...
View ArticleHyflex Instruction – The Leatherman Tool of MakerSpace Learning
Below is the infographic related to my extended abstract and video for the virtual International Symposium on Academic Makersapces (ISAM) 2021. This infographic was created using Canva, following the...
View ArticleSmartPhones: Distraction Machines or Bicycles for our Minds?
The short answer is YES! Yes, smartphones can be wonderful learning tools (or bicycles for our minds) if used properly, and Yes, they can be huge distractions if unskillfully used. A recent study...
View ArticlePaws Up with Ms. Porkchop
Inspired by one of my wonderful learners in EDCI 336 and her pet guinea pig Nutmeg, I have created a “Paws Up with Ms. Porkchop” video. Enjoy! For your viewing pleasure, here is the talented Nutmeg...
View ArticleCan You Add Audio to SurveyMonkey Questions?
The short answer is yes, you can add audio clips to your SurveyMonkey questions and answers by uploading your audio clips to your free SoundCloud account, and then embedding SoundCloud widgets into...
View ArticleDeath by PowerPoint?
Learning Objectives: Describe the 9 best practices for creating an effective PowerPoint (or Google) presentation Outline 7 storytelling techniques that can help make presentations more effective Import...
View Article3D Print Your Own Rode Wireless Handle!
If have a Rode Wireless Go & would like a handle for your microphone (without spending $60 or more), please feel free to download and 3D print my CC-BY licensed design hosted at Thingiverse.com It...
View ArticleMakerspace Workshop Badges: Student Perceptions & Uses of Informal Credentialing
I wrote a conference paper on Makerspace Workshop Badges that I presented at the 2022 International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, at Georgia Tech, in November 2022. It is based on quantitative and...
View ArticleMakerSpace Interview with Lethbridge College Teaching & Learning Podcast
I had a great 30-minute chat about Acadenuc Makerspaces with Donna McLaughlin from Lethbridge College’s Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation. Here are some of the topics we covered during our...
View ArticleFarewell Miss Porkchop
Our mischievous Miss Porkchop passed away yesterday evening surrounded, held, and loved by her family. We are so grateful to have become the forever family of our formerly stray corgi-cross from...
View ArticleAI-Powered ChatGPT Answered My Obscure MakerSpace Badging Question...
Wow! I finally tried the AI-powered ChatGPT to answer a question for me. I asked it a question I know the answer to, which does not have a definitive answer, and it nailed it from my perspective: “Is...
View ArticleChatGPT Soccer Game Report
Had some fun yesterday with ChatGPT asking it to create a soccer game report for my old boy’s soccer team (named Still Kicking), but asked it to write it in the style or voice of the King James Bible....
View ArticleKnowledge Mobilization: Hands-on Activities
Some hands-on Knowledge Mobilization skills activities: Here are the slides from the Knowledge Mobilization presentation for your reference.
View ArticleSketchnoting: An Effective & Fun End-of-Semester Review Activity?
The last class of the semester for my undergraduate EdTech class was looming. While I wanted to make the class review of what we’ve learned over the semester more engaging than me droning on with my...
View ArticleGenerative AI & Academic Assignments: Exclude or Embrace? (UVic’s Let’s Talk...
This is a presentation on generative AI and Academic Assignments by Rich McCue, MA, BComm and Zahra Premji, PhD for the UVic Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation’s (LTSI) Let’s Talk About...
View ArticleGenerative AI, Academic Assignments & Assessment: Exclude or Embrace?...
This is a presentation on generative AI and Academic Assignments by Rich McCue, MA, BComm (Digital Scholarship Manager & Education Technology Instructor in the Faculty of Education) and Zahra...
View ArticleGenerative AI, Academic Assignments & Assessment: Exclude or Embrace? (UVic...
We had a wonderful discussion about AI and academic assignments with instructors from the UVic Psychology department. The presentation slides and all other materials were created or curated by Rich...
View ArticleScaling Makerspace Learning – Embedding Workshops in for-Credit Classes
I created this video and infographic to be part of the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces – ISAM 2023 – which is being held this year at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The...
View ArticleGenerative AI & Student Transfers: A Useful Tool?
Can Generative AI tools help student admission and transfer professionals evaluate course transfer credits? The presentation slides and all other materials were created or curated by Rich McCue, MA,...
View ArticleWhisper.ai – Transcribing & Translating Audio for Free on Your Laptop – AKA...
Are you an academic researcher or podcaster looking for a free-to-use transcription tool that does not use US-based cloud processing to do its work? If that sounds like you, then I’d like to introduce...
View ArticleSmartPhones & Social Media: Distraction & Privacy Invasion Machines -or-...
I had a great time talking with a wonderful group of grade 7 and 8 students at Westmont Middle School about SmartPhone, Social Media, and Privacy. Here are the slides from our chat:
View ArticleVideo Editing & Podcasting In-Class Activities for EDCI 336
Introduction As you work through the hands-on video creation and podcasting activities below, please think about these three things while keeping in mind the subjects and grade levels you hope to...
View ArticleKnowledge Mobilization Tools for Dr. Nigel Lou’s Psychology of Immigration Class
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