Students Appreciate When Combined Courses Have Been Descriptively Named!

Posted by on July 25, 2017

Instructors: When using the Canvas course combine tool, you have the option to rename your course. This ability is very useful, but you should keep in mind that the name you pick should be descriptive and easy for students to recognize. At the minimum, the name you choose should include the subject and general title […]

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EdTech Has Moved To The Library

Posted by on July 20, 2017

Good news, everyone! EdTech is now closer and more available than ever—because the instructional design and developer portions of the EdTech team have moved to Curtis Laws Wilson Library! We can now be found in room G-8, lower level. If you need help with course design, content development, or other issues with classroom software support […]

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The First Day of Summer Marks Another Season of Changes For EdTech

Posted by on June 20, 2017

Summer is here, and that means EdTech is busy with a number of changes and initiatives! We’ve got a lot of projects, and only a few months before the start of the Fall semester. Here’s a quick rundown: The Video Communication Center is merging with EdTech under Global Learning, which is going to give us […]

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Students Don’t Always Recognize Good Teaching, Study Finds – The Ticker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted by on May 11, 2017

Source: www.chronicle.com The results of this study are not surprising, but confirm what instructors have said for a long time. Many students judge good teaching by how well they succeed in a class rather than the way it was taught. 

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TEGRITY Courses Purged at End of Semester – SP 2017

Posted by on April 20, 2017

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, May 26, 2017. 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 […]

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CLC Software Request Application for Fall 2017 Now Available

Posted by on March 23, 2017

It’s time to request the software you would like to use in Computer Learning Centers (CLC) across campus for the Fall 2017 semester. You can access the application on the EdTech CLC web site and click the Submit Request button on the page. The software request application will close at the end of the business […]

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How to Deal with Difficult Students | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings

Posted by on March 6, 2017

Source: tomprof.stanford.edu Dealing with students is never easy and it seems like more and more students like to complain and argue with you, the instructor. We can talk forever about what has led to this but that isn’t as important on a daily basis as it is to know how you can deal with difficult […]

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Waking up to Tired Teaching

Posted by on March 6, 2017

Sometimes teaching gets tired because we’ve done what we’re doing a hundred times before. We march through the material along well-worn paths.

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The History of DELTA

Posted by on January 27, 2017

DELTA – HISTORY Missouri S&T strives to be a leader in how instructional labs for science and engineering courses are designed and delivered in a blended or online format. Towards that end, DELTA labs started as an instructional laboratory pilot project aimed ad developing a set of eLearning models, processes, and strategies for the redesign […]

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About DELTA – Delivering Experiental Labs To All

Posted by on January 27, 2017

The goal of DELTA labs is Delivering Experiential Labs To All. The project began with the development of a set of eLearning models, processes, and strategies for the redesign of traditional laboratory courses for blended and online delivery. Several courses have been redesigned and piloted in both blended and online formats. Missouri S&T strives to be a leader in how […]

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