Let me clarify the attributes by elaborating on each in the context of traditional and authentic assessments: Selecting a Response to Performing a Task: On traditional assessments, students are typically given several choices (e.g., a,b,c or d;… Source: jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu With the start of a new semester, it seems like we really focus on how are […]

IMPORTANT! Please read the following message VERY carefully! Educational Technology (EdTech) will be purging ALL course sessions stored in Tegrity at close of business on Friday, January 8, 2016. Missouri S&T’s usage agreement with Tegrity limits us to only 500 hours of recordings per semester. This means we MUST remove all recordings from Tegrity at […]

Missouri University of Science and Technology Source: certi.mst.edu Over the past year CERTI and EdTech, in partnership with faculty, have worked to create the Teaching Partners program.  This program is designed to be a confidential voluntary professional development service coordinated through EdTech and CERTI and trained faculty mentors using collgial peer coaching to improve or […]

Source: www.duq.edu Feedback has an impact but it’s how you interpret that feedback that can be the most beneficial.  This website gives five tips on how you should interpret feedback.  It is based on an article written by Connie Buskist and Jan Hogan.  One of the best pieces of advice was shared at the latest […]

The iThenticate service will be undergoing a short maintenance period, and may be intermittently unavailable on September 19th from 9AM to 1PM. If you think this may affect you, please plan accordingly to minimize any disruption to your work.

Written by Jennifer Friberg, SoTL Scholar-Mentor at Illinois State University Over the last few years, my colleague, Kathleen McKinney, has been adding to a document titled A Sampling of What We Kn… Source: illinoisstateuniversitysotl.wordpress.com Active learning can be a large activity that your class is involved in or it can be as simple as incorporating […]

If you’re experiencing difficulties when using the VDI or VM tools, please help us to best troubleshoot the issue by keeping the following tips in mind: Please notify the IT Help Desk as soon as possible! Timely problem reporting helps us to better track and investigate reported problems, and gives us the lead time we […]

The Online Learning Consortium—formerly the Sloan Consortium—has recognized S&T’s DELTA labs (Delivering Experiential Labs To All) project as an outstanding work in the field of online education. The DELTA labs project was recognized based on its ability to provide evidence of quality, innovation, and replicability. The DELTA labs project is a set of eLearning models, […]

The S&T EdTech team was recently invited to speak at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO to share information about how they support faculty with respect to teaching and learning. Later this month, several key members of the S&T EdTech team will go from Centennial Hall to the Centennial State on a short […]

On Thursday, April 9th, EdTech and CERTI will present the final installment of the eCOP series on classroom expectations. All S&T instructors are invited to attend this session, to be held on Thursday, April 9th from 3:00PM-4:30PM in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library, Room 203. This event is focused on discussing assessment. The objectives for […]