Month: September 2013
FINAL REMINDER: Blackboard Open Forum on October 2, 2013
Educational Technology will be hosting a second open forum about Blackboard and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in general on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the main atrium of the Havener Center. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Participants will be eligible to […]
Read More »Setting Expectations: Social Media Guidelines
When you use a social medium in your course such as a discussion board or blog, consider starting off with some guidelines. Some aspects of social media are very beneficial to education, while others are best avoided. Establishing expectations early can stop problems before they start.Here’s an example set of guidelines to get you started:1. […]
Read More »iPad U Open for Business on Thursday, October 3, IDE Room 104
WALK-INS WELCOME! NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY! First Thursday of the Month! Noon to 1 p.m. in IDE 104 Bring your iPad and your ideas! WHAT IS iPad U? iPad U is a special session of EdTech U where EdTech staff and iPad users share ways to use the iPad to enhance teaching and learning. During iPad […]
Read More »Statement from EdTech on New Building Blocks in Blackboard and Other Technologies
Pearson Education recently sent an announcement to several instructors that a new building block for Blackboard was now available, similar to other publishing company building blocks (e.g. McGraw Hill Connect). We will not be able to deploy the Pearson building block at the beginning of the Fall semester 2012. We here in Educational Technology (EdTech) […]
Read More »Call for Presentations: Missouri S&T Teaching and Learning Technology 2014 Conference
Educational Technology is now accepting presentation proposals for the Seventh Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, scheduled for March 13-14, 2014. Interested presenters can download a copy of the Call for Presentation form at the TLT 2014 website or click one of the links below: Call for Presentations: Word Document Call for Presentations: PDF Call […]
Read More »New eFellows Selected for 2013-2014
New eFellows have been selected for the 2013-2014 academic year. The eFellows program is an opportunity for instructors to redesign their courses to incorporate more technology, with the overall goal of improving student performance. Instructors can overhaul entire courses, designing from the ground up (Tier 1), or they can make relatively minor changes, changing only […]
Read More »Blackboard Open Forum on Oct. 2, 2013
Educational Technology will be hosting a second open forum about Blackboard and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in general on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the main atrium of the Havener Center. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided. As with the previous open […]
Read More »REMINDER: Taking a hard look at Blackboard…how well does it measure up?
Do you think Blackboard should have features that it doesn’t have? Are there things you like about Blackboard that you don’t want changed? How well is Blackboard supporting your teaching and learning needs? If you don’t use Blackboard, why or why not? During the fall semester, Educational Technology will be working with a committee of […]
Read More »Summer Semester 2013 Blackboard Courses Become Unavailable on Friday, September 13, 201
IT and Educational Technology will make Blackboard courses for Summer Semester 2013 “unavailable” to students at 5 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2013. Summer Semester 2013 courses will still be visible to instructors, but students will no longer see the courses. Questions or comments can be directed to the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP or […]
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