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Trends in Online Education: More predictions
It must be the season for predictions! Jes posted yesterday about the Horizon Report, and there is more to come! In the meantime, our neighbors to the north have some thoughts as well. Sir John Daniels of Ontario’s Distance Education Network Contact North introduces three trends he thinks will have a high impact on higher [...]
Continue reading >Revisiting the Horizon
March 30, 2012
Report that is! It has been a few years since we reviewed the Horizon Report and I thought it would be a good time to double back take a look at the predictions from 2010 and continue forward to the Horizon Report 2012. Just as a recap, The Horizon Report is published each year as a joint [...]
Continue reading >Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Add Test Student
February 22, 2012
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Late last week we added a new tool to the Blackboard 9.1 server called “Add Test Student.” This tool allows instructors to easily create a student account on the server “YOURUSERNAME_s” that you can enroll into any of your courses. So the first question that comes to mind is: ‘Why would I want to do [...]
Continue reading >Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Paste from Word
February 16, 2012
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So you’ve toiled on a lengthy piece of text, and now you’d like to make this available to your students as a new announcement, content item, or threaded discussion in your Blackboard 9.1 site. And let’s say you’ve really outdone yourself this time, too. Using Microsoft Word, your page looks like a veritable Mona Lisa [...]
Continue reading >Rethinking composition: Bring on the audio!
December 16, 2011
As we head off to the holiday break many of us are thinking about how courses will run in the Spring semester. For some it is logistical question, but for others it may be larger questions of course delivery and project design. I was reminded recently of an interesting article in EDUCAUSE Quarterly on rethinking [...]
Continue reading >Blackboard 9.1 is coming!
December 7, 2011
As you most likely have heard already, WPI’s course management system is getting a fresh new look in the Fall of 2012 with the upgrade to Blackboard 9.1 (Bb9.1)! We are very excited about the update and hope you will be as well. Interested in seeing what it is all about? You have two options: [...]
Continue reading >How do we collaborate? Let me count the ways!
September 14, 2011
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col·lab·o·rate – verb \kə-ˈla-bə-ˌrāt\ 1: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor – Merriam Webster Online Collaboration is at the heart of the WPI project system but, as many teams know, collaboration can be hard. You need to keep people, documents, and tasks all organized and this can be a [...]
Continue reading >Securing Your Mobile Device
July 19, 2011
During this busy travel season it is important to take some time and ensure that your mobile device is secure in case of loss or theft. I know, no one wants to consider these possibilities, however unfortunate things can happen and having security measures in place on your device can help to make the experience [...]
Continue reading >Google+ Chapter 2
July 12, 2011
Okay so now we’ve gotten invitations to the beta-release of Google+. And of course, so have many others. We have our circles, and our opinions and ideas are beginning to form. So are the ideas and opinions of many others. The Chronicle of Higher Education also has a blog post about the potential for classroom use, with [...]
Continue reading >The New Kid on the Social Media Block: Google+
July 7, 2011
As many of you are already aware, Google has decided to throw its (metaphorical) hat into the social media realm. There has been great hype over Google’s newest foray with news outlets both TV and Internet covering the beta release of the new Google+. Wait, Beta? Yeah that’s right, Google+ is still in a limited [...]
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- Google+ Chapter 2
- The Pluses and Minuses of Sharing Your Stuff in Google Hangout
- Securing Your Mobile Device
- Revisiting the Horizon
- Rethinking composition: Bring on the audio!
- What might your reCAPTCHA be helping with next?
- The New Kid on the Social Media Block: Google+
- Introducing Video Workshops in the Classroom
- YouTube meet PowerPoint!
- Blackboard 9.1 is coming!
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- Deb Dexter: Wonderful post Erin!! These are great ideas I will...
April 5, 2012
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