Weekly Web Updates – June 12

WordPress 4.8 features new sidebar widgets for images, videos, audio, and rich text. We’ve added support for these in the past through custom plugins and shortcodes, but it’s now part of the native experience with an improved user interface. Updates Drupal 7.55 Drupal 8.3.3 Drupal file_entity 7.x-2.1 Drupal media 7.x-2.6 Drupal views_slideshow 8.x-4.5 WordPress 4.8 […]…Continue Reading Weekly Web Updates – June 12

Promoting Student STEM Skills Through Inquiry Instruction: A Hands-on In-depth Workshop on Active Learning

From our colleagues in the sciences, Professors Costanza-Robinson, Bunt, Giddings and Vasiliou: “With support from the Ada Howe Kent Fund and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR), we have organized this workshop on July 7th (Fri). The workshop leader, Gordon Uno, is a renowned educator and leader in promoting active learning. We saw […]…Continue Reading Promoting Student STEM Skills Through Inquiry Instruction: A Hands-on In-depth Workshop on Active Learning

How to Keep Your College Admission Offer: Start With Digital Literacy

While this article is focused on undergraduate admissions, grad school applicants need to consider this as well. There is some important advice about social media and college admissions, but also good advice for everyone. “… if you wouldn’t want something you posted to end up on a jumbotron in Times Square, DO NOT POST IT.” […]…Continue Reading How to Keep Your College Admission Offer: Start With Digital Literacy