Research

Rich Media in a Semester-Long Research Project

Teacher:  Allyson Mount
written by Allyson Mount amount@keene.edu

After attending the 1st annual Academic Technology Institute in June 2011, which focused on incorporating rich media into the classroom, I was inspired to reimagine a research assignment for my PHIL 360: Philosophy of Law course. One of the course goals is for students to analyze and critically evaluate [...]

Tags: Law, Philosophy, Supreme Court
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Using the Kindle Outside of the Classroom

Teacher: Niall Moran
As part of a Summer Innovation Project, Niall Moran adopted a Kindle to determine first-hand if the digital format would serve his Sociology students. Battery life and text availability were two areas he was particularly interested in. Below are Niall’s comments on the project (read about Niall’s second summer innovation project on the use of [...]

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Using Twitter in (and out of) the Classroom

Teacher: Sara Hottinger
Class: Queer Theories – WGS 302
Introduction
Professor Sara Hottinger has been looking for a way to use Twitter in her classes. While Twitter has seen tremendous growth in the past years, its academic use is still considered novel in many ways. Professor Hottinger aims to use Twitter as a means for continuing the conversations [...]

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Using Diigo for an Online Research Project

Teacher: Niall Moran
Course: Sociology 301 / Sociological Research Methods.
As part of a Summer Innovation Project, Niall Moran adopted Diigo to better enable student research for his Sociological Research Methods class. Below are Niall’s comments on the project.
This past Summer I taught Sociological Research Methods in a blended format. This was my first time teaching the class in [...]

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