EdTech
Skyles publishes on ‘thinking outside the lab’
Amy Skyles, instructional designer in educational technology, recently published an article, “Thinking Outside of the Lab: Special Considerations for Lab Course Redesign,” for the International Journal on Innovations in Online Education. This article is in reference to Delivering Experiential Labs To All (DELTA).
Read More »The Teaching Professor features article by Kerwin
Razmus Kerwin, instructional designer in educational technology, published an article, “Involving Students in Rubric Creation and Using Google Docs to Make It Happen” in the October issue of The Teaching Professor.
Read More »Skyles presents DELTA project to eEducation specialists
Amy Skyles, instructional designer in educational technology, recently traveled to the Florida Institute of Technology to present at the Spring eEducation Series on the DELTA project (Delivering Experiential Labs To All).
Read More »EdTech U open for spring
Educational Technology (EdTech) will continue to offer “EdTech U” in the spring 2015 semester. This is an opportunity for instructors to gain hands-on assistance with any educational technology supported by EdTech. Hours of operation are 2-4 p.m. Thursdays in Room 101 Centennial Hall, starting Jan. 22. No appointment is necessary. Simply walk in with any […]
Read More »Spring CLC software requests now open
Do you need specialized software such as Visual Studio, SPSS, NX, Minitab, Notepad++ or another discipline-specific program? Now is the time to request it. Education technology has opened the CLC software request process for instructors who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers across campus. Visit the EdTech website to get started. Enter all requests before close of business on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Read More »EdTech workshops available
All instructors are invited to attend a series of back-to-school educational technology workshops hosted by the education technology department. Workshops will be held Aug. 18-21 in Room 105 Centennial Hall. No registration is required to attend the workshops. For more a specific schedule, visit the EdTech website.
Read More »CLC software requests now open
Education technology is now accepting CLC software requests for instructors who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers around campus. Visit the EdTech website to get started. Enter all requests before close of business Friday, April 25.
Read More »Problems with Blackboard and IE 11
Education technology (EdTech) and information technology (IT) are working to resolve reported compatibility issues between Blackboard and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11. IE 11 will unexpectedly crash when attempting to login to Blackboard. If you encounter any problems using IE 11 in combination with Blackboard, Joe’SS/PeopleSoft or any other web-based applications, use a different browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari.
Read More »LMS next phase; Blackboard demo
As a result of the recommendations from the Learning Management System (LMS) review committee, EdTech has invited Blackboard to demonstrate its product on campus and answer questions from the campus community. Blackboard will host a presentation at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. All faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend the demonstration.
Read More »EdTech U open house Jan. 16
Educational technology will host an extended session of EdTech U from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, in Room 105 Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. This is an opportunity for instructors to get some last-minute assistance in preparing their courses for spring 2014. EdTech staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide support for Blackboard, clickers/TurningPoint, Tegrity and any other technologies that EdTech supports.
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