Uncategorized

Understanding Plagiarism

Posted by on December 2, 2014

Staff and students at York St John University talk about what constitutes as plagiarism, how to avoid it and what is expected in regards of good academic wri… Source: www.youtube.com

Read More »

Our Tools Shape Us

Posted by on November 13, 2014

The educational tools that we choose often shape how we educate our students, so let’s choose them wisely with one eye on the future. Source: www.edutopia.org This same concept applies to a lot of lab courses. There’s some big machine which drives the lab activity because it’s there, we’ve paid for it, and it’s all […]

Read More »

Learning Objectives – Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation – Carnegie Mellon University

Posted by on November 7, 2014

Source: www.cmu.edu What is the most important thing in your course for students to know or do in five years? That’s the question that we use to start the first consultation we have with instructors.  It is important to understand what you expect of students. This becomes the foundation that instructors build their course.  Once […]

Read More »

The NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition

Posted by on October 21, 2014

The NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE Program. The tenth edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, a decade-long research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, […]

Read More »

Turnitin Maintenance on Saturday, October 11, 2014

Posted by on October 6, 2014

Turnitin will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. U.S. Central Time. Turnitin will be intermittently available during the maintenance window. Instructors are encouraged to modify assignment due dates either before or at least several hours after the scheduled maintenance window. Stay current with Turnitin’s system status, […]

Read More »

Blackboard Services Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Posted by on September 8, 2014

Blackboard services are currently experiencing major technical difficulties. Users have reported problems when attempting to login to Blackboard, when accessing the Grade Center, and when attempting to access Tegrity Classes. Educational Technology is working to restore services at this time. Please be patient. EdTech will send out a follow-up announcement when services have been restored.

Read More »

CLC Software Request Process for SUMMER / FALL 2014 Now Open!

Posted by on March 31, 2014

EdTech is opening up the Computing Learning Center (CLC) software request process for instructors who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers across campus. The software request web-based application is available on the EdTech web site. 1. Go to edtech.mst.edu/clc/. 2. Click Request Software (Faculty). Please enter all software requests before close of […]

Read More »

Desire 2 Learn Product Demo

Posted by on January 23, 2014

Representatives from D2L recently visited campus to demo their learning management system in an open forum for faculty, staff, and students as part of the ongoing Learning Management System review.  For those unable to attend, the demo provided by the D2L representatives can be viewed online.  For more information about Missouri S&T’s LMS review process […]

Read More »

A new tool for teaching circuitry

Posted by on November 21, 2013

Teaching students how to build circuits is tricky business, especially when you want to provide a hands-on experience.  There are a number of ways to approach the problem, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.  You could, for example, pass around a box of wires and components and have the students twist, solder, or clip them […]

Read More »

Kaltura Service Restored

Posted by on November 8, 2013

The Kaltura streaming media service is again functional.  Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Read More »