Active Learning – Collaboration

During 2014, we recorded several instructors around campus using active learning techniques.  The example below is from Melissa Sprenkle (Communications) and Lisa Blackford (Social Science) working together.  The Communications class and the Social Work class...
Microsoft Office and Google Docs Introduction

Microsoft Office and Google Docs Introduction

Microsoft Office has held the market for professional and individual word processing, presentations, and data recording for years and with good reason. No other software platform has been able to create or support a well-rounded and thorough product to seriously...
All Fired Up About Accessibility!

All Fired Up About Accessibility!

I just spent a week in sunny Las Vegas attending the annual ITC eLearning conference.  The weather was a beautiful 70-75 degrees each day.  I spent most of the days inside learning all I could to help those at our campus. The one topic that I heard in every session...
It’s cold outside; is your classroom warm?

It’s cold outside; is your classroom warm?

Last week I was happy to get a horrible parking spot.  Seriously.  Walking across campus on a -26F  morning made me smile (and my cheeks bright).   That’s crazy, you may be thinking, but I wasn’t happy to be out in the colder-than-Alaska–I was happy...