The Office of the Provost, along with Educational Technology (EdTech), is issuing a second call for participation in the 2013 eFellows program. This program is an opportunity for instructors to redesign their courses to incorporate more technology, with the overall goal of improving student performance. This round of proposals will only be for Tier 2 […]
Read More »Educational Technology is now accepting presentation proposals for the Sixth Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, scheduled for March 14-15, 2013. Interested presenters can download a copy of the Call for Presentation form at the EdTech web site or click one of the links below: Call for Presentations: Word Document Call for Presentations: […]
Read More »EdTech is hosting an eLearning Community of Practice event on Wednesday, April 18, in Norwood Hall Room 208, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. The focus of this event is using alternative assessment techniques and tools. Summative and formative assessments are both important components to the learning process for both students and instructors. Summative assessments typically […]
Read More »EdTech is hosting an eLearning Community of Practice event on Wednesday, February 29, in Norwood Hall Room 208, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. The focus of this event is effective course design. What components in a course create a quality online space for your students? Instructional designers will show you some easy ways to implement […]
Read More »University of Missouri System eLearning will be sponsoring “eLunch @ S&T” on Friday, September 30, 2011 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This will take place in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center. S&T eMentors will be discussing techniques and technologies they are using in their classes to improve student learning. The eMentors will also […]
Read More »Educational Technology (EdTech) is hosting a Blackboard Seminar Series event at noon on Friday, September 16, 2011 in Centennial 103. The focus of the discussion will be RUBRICS, an invaluable tool in grading highly subjective assignments such as discussion boards and presentations. Why should rubrics be used? How can they be used effectively? Julie Phelps, […]
Read More »When: Friday, September 9, 2011 at noon Where: Centennial Hall 104 Presenter: Dr. Dan Reardon, Assistant Professor of English and Technical CommunicationSponsored by: CERTI and Educational Technology Dessert and drinks provided — feel free to bring your own lunch. Instructors will discover how to use TurningKey software in conjunction with clickers to give paper-based, self-paced […]
Read More »Presenters: John Doherty — Instructional Designer, Northern Arizona UniversityWally Nolan — Lead Instructional Designer, Northern Arizona University Both presenters started out by stating that online learning should be all about the pedagogy and not about the technology. In other words, instructors should not become so enamored of one particular technology that they forget to apply […]
Read More »PRESENTERS: Peggy Brown — Director of Instructional Design / Adjunct Faculty, Syracuse UniversityMichael Fudge — Senior Systems and Network Support Administrator, Syracuse University A few select members of EdTech had the opportunity to attend Blackboard World 2011 in Las Vegas (July 12-14). Bb World is a fairly large conference hosted by (of course) Blackboard. However, […]
Read More »Presenter: Celina Byers (University of Minnesota) cbyers@umn.edu [ SLOAN-C Proceedings Web Site ] Celina’s goal was to take Master-level students from “declarative knowledge” to a “procedural level” to full fluency of the information. ADDIE is a very common course development method. We introduce it and use it in our own CyberEd course. ADDIE – Analysis, […]
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