I am often asked what I do besides record lectures, and we do a lot of that at CAHS but my degree is in Instructional Technology and I recently came across this article which might describe more clearly what I can do. “Instructional Designers support faculty throughout the development of their online course. Their goal … Read more
So much going on so many emails. I even missed sending last week’s blog so will do double duty today! First here is a neat slide show on Disruptive Technologies 2015-2106 will give you something to think about. Now if you have missed the recent posts from ECU Learning Technologies Digest let me just highlight … Read more
And no I will not start the countdown for the end of classes as I did for the beginning of the semester! Just a few tips as we get closer – Downloading your grade center? remember put it on your pirate drive not on your hard drive be a “good steward of student information”, Want … Read more
Some Blackboard enhancements you will find in May – Build a profile, have students do this task and it completes the old homepage assignment and appears in all courses. Calendar is intuitive, enter a due date on assignments, tests and will automaticallly enter on the calendar. Drag and drop items as well! Discussion Forum can … Read more
The new touchscreen monitor in HSB1345, just swipe your finger across and advance your PowerPoint slides. You can annotate with either the pen (which I only know where it is hidden) or your finger. HSB classrooms are due for refreshing and 1345 is a preview. You also can use the new feature AirMedia which allows … Read more
Hi. I’m Bob. I’ll be sitting in for Jean this week in the blog. Many years ago, in another life, I earned my living for awhile teaching people how to fly. There was an inside joke among flight instructors that went something like this: “You can’t really teach people to fly. You just keep the … Read more
In an educational institution, we make extensive use of the Fair Use Doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Law to allow us to use excerpts of copyrighted material for educational purposes and the courts have upheld this as Fair Use. However, the Fair Use Doctrine (http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html) clearly limits us to “…reproduction by a teacher or student … Read more