Accessibility: Looking Ahead to Fall Semester
As we plan for our students flocking back to campus this fall, accessibility needs to be woven into all of those plans. Today I want to share a series of videos produced by California State University. These videos are from the student perspective and also...
Sharing Your Brilliance with the OER Community
One of the most exciting things about the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is that it allows talented and experienced teachers to create resources and share them with others in their fields. If an open textbook (or quiz, or video lecture or worksheet or...
The Impact of Upgrading to Moodle 2.9: Your Feedback is Needed
In the Educational Media Technologies department we keep close tabs on versioning and we continually upgrade technologies used by our instructors and students. Why? Mainly to ensure that everyone has access to the latest and greatest features. Sometimes, however,...
Don’t Follow Your Passion if You Want to be Successful
"Don't Follow Your Passion": Ben Horowitz's Commencement Speech at Columbia University from a16z
You Spoke and We Listened!
As a result of several comments we received about the functionality of Osterlin 203 & 205, we recently redesigned these classrooms to make it easier for both the instructor and the student. By repurposing equipment we were able to improve student viewing by...
Sharing Cart Now Available
Have you dreamed of an easy way to duplicate assignments or resources between courses? Or do you miss the ability to have files stored in Moodle? Good news, now you can do that very easily with the new Sharing Cart. The Sharing Cart is a block for duplicating course...
Writing and Reading Center: Summer Hours
As we gear up for the main 8-week session, remember to let your students know about the Writing and Reading Center. For the summer Writing and Reading Center hours will be Monday-Thursday from 10-2. If you would like a tour of the center, or an in-class presentation...
Growing Your Students’ Mindset Online
Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. These students focus on learning over just looking smart, see effort as the key to success, and thrive in the face of a challenge. -Stanford's PERTS Mindset Kit (Beta) Teaching this to college...
Lightboard Teaching Technology: Request for Participants
The lightboard is an innovative teaching and learning tool that enables instructors to capture lectures in an engaging format. Essentially, instructors stand behind a piece of glass that has been framed in LED lighting and mounted on a stand. When the instructor...
Congratulations Sherry! – National award winning Lesson
Help us congratulate Sherry Trier for designing an award-winning lesson in the 2015 SoftChalk Lesson Challenge. Each year SoftChalk enthusiasts have a chance to be recognized for the innovative digital content they create for students. The judges consists of leading...