Ed Said! — The official newsletter of Educational Technology is now available! This newsletter is intended to be published at the beginning of each semester to highlight news and activities of Educational Technology. The current issue (Fall Semester 2010, Volume 1, Issue 1), discusses our new focus on eLearning, what you can do to make […]
Read More »Educational Technology (EdTech) is offering several Blackboard 9 training opportunities for instructors teaching in Fall Semester 2010. Training will cover basic Blackboard 9 functionality, such as: Logging into Blackboard Setting Course Availability Adding Content Creating Assignments Organizing Content Customizing Blackboard Combining Courses Grade Center Management And other basic features… To sign up for a session, […]
Read More »IT and EdTech are updating several software packages installed in most CLCs across campus this summer. These updated packages will be deployed and ready to go for Fall 2010. The updated software includes: AutoCAD 2010 Maple 14 MathType 6.6a MATLAB 2010A NX 7.5 NOTE: NX 7.5 is only installed in Toomey Hall (all CLCs), Centennial […]
Read More »Blackboard services will be undergoing maintenance from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, August 6, 2010. Blackboard will be inaccessible to users during this time. Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357).
Read More »The S&T campus Blackboard instance will be unavailable from 8:00 a.m. on May 21 through May 23. During this time, Blackboard will be upgraded to version 9 and any course(s)/course content created on the temporary blackboard 9 server (blackboard9.mst.edu) will be transferred to the newly upgraded system. Blackboard services will be restored no later than […]
Read More »Blackboard 9 is now available on our campus, along with the current version (Blackboard 8). Visit http://blackboard9.mst.edu to see what the new interface looks like and get a jumpstart on developing your Summer courses in Blackboard 9. This is a temporary link to give you the opportunity to preview the new interface and features. The […]
Read More »EdTech recently had the opportunity to attend the Sloan Consortium’s (SLOAN-C) 7th Annual Blended Learning Conference & Workshop in Oak Brook, Illinois on April 19-20, 2010. This was a great opportunity to meet other educators who are also engaged in providing blended learning opportunities to their respective campuses. Blended learning is a hybrid of face-to-face […]
Read More »Presenter: Dr. Joel Hartman, University of Central Florida Dr. Hartman was our opening keynote speaker for the recent Teaching and Learning Technology Conference at Missouri S&T. Now he is the plenary speaker for the SLOAN-C Blended Learning Conference & Workshop in Oak Brook, IL, just outside of Chicago. Blended learning has been going on for […]
Read More »Lead Presenter: Tova Duby; Babson College Babson is a small private college in Wellsley, MA. Babson has been working on blended learning for the past 10 years. Babson offered its firts blended course back in 2001. Faculty would not have stood a fully online course, so a blended course was the best compromise. Especially at […]
Read More »Presenters: Suzanne Weinstein with Karen Pollack (Penn State University) Blended Initiative at Penn State was a Provost-funded initiative that targeted dual-use courses. Chose to focus on courses that were high-enrollment and considered general education and would be needed at all campus locations. They also focused on courses that had a high failure rate, math and […]
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