In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strick construction rules, each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning … Read more
All faculty should have all course content on Blackboard or some other web site for students who can’t get to class. Such Blackboard sites need not be elaborate. OET can help set up these “emergency” Blackboard courses but it does need to be done in advance. Lync and Yammer are also ways to communicate with students and faculty.To continue to share new and old technologies to try in and outside of the classroom! So I ask you to resolve to try at least one new tool this year! Lync, Yammer, Collaborate, Lecture Capture, Blogs, Wikis, to name a few! Just review past postings for more information or checkout the training schedule below.
There is Skype but for a more secure and supported tool, Lync Lync adds sharing and collaboration tools so users can meet online, give a presentation, brainstorm using a whiteboard, share desktop/applicationsand more. One of the most-requested Lync features is the ability to invite non-ECU participants to a meeting or presentation. Available for both Mac … Read more
12/12/12! Weddings, births, specials, concerts, doomsday and twelve must-known facts. Take a break from end of semester grading!
To you and your family may you have a day full of thanks.
Gaming in higher education! Click here for an interesting article. Are you currently using any simulation programs? Would you like to explore some? Contact OET and we can”play”!
It’s Halloween and I decided to have a little fun but still be a bit techie and keeping with my many “Mediasite” posts here is a Halloween presentation. Please note some images may be disturbing! For more Mediasite Halloween fun click here. Trick or Treat!
Dr. Leslie Allison’s uses Lecture Capture to “equal” the learning ground for students. Click here to watch this quick video from the “How I Series”.