In a traditional lecture, students often try to capture what is being said at the instant the speaker says it. They cannot stop to reflect upon what is being said, and they may miss significant points because they are trying to transcribe the instructor’s words. By contrast, the use of video and other prerecorded media … Read more
Not your test in Blackboard but your student’s ability to access information on their computer while taking a test. Lockdown browsers when run on a computer prevents the student from printing, copying, screen capturing a test. Students are also unable to navigate to other locations within their Course Management System or on the Internet. Respondus LockDown … Read more
Fall semester is not that far away so why not check your calendar, review this blog and decide to embrace one or more of the new technologies I have blogged about. See what others are doing and what works. Calendar a day/time for Professional Development. Check out the OET training calendar or ITCS’s training calendar, … Read more
As I go to meetings and offices throughout the college I am seeing more and more I Pads. So how do you use yours? Check email, take notes, check weather, watch videos, play games? Any of these or all of these? Did you know that Blackboard, Centra, Mediasite, Yammer, Twitter and Tegrity all have apps … Read more