Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

A Facebook Study

On Friday Morning, Facebook hosted the second largest IPO in history valued at over 100 billion dollars. Not bad for a company started by a Harvard freshman a little over eight years ago. The question is, can it be leveraged for learning?

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Open House Recap

On Thursday, February 23, we hosted the first ever OAT Open House called, "Classroom of the Future" which featured a variety of discussions on emerging classroom technologies, trends, and course design principles. Click the link to watch the sessions in case you weren't able to attend...

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Student-Centered Learning: Try a Quiz

In your next game of Scrabble you’ll get ahead if you play QUIZ on a Triple Letter or Triple Word Space. But using a QUIZ in class? It might not put you or your students ahead. You’ll be stuck having to grade them and on top of that - put up with the groans and complaints from your students. Read on for one SAU professor’s positive new twist on the quiz…

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