Courseware
3 Tips for Interactive Web Conference Design
Faculty and staff at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) have been using web conferencing software for the delivery of live lectures in online courses and web-based orientation and information sessions for the past three years. As more folks at Penn start using web conferencing tools, I wanted to share some of what [...]
You don’t have to be sick in order to use technology for teaching.
This summer I’ve been involved in planning for how we’ll continue teaching in the event of a large outbreak of H1N1 – the dreaded Swine Flu. I’ve been asked to document how teachers can use technology as a substitute for some of the activities that would otherwise be carried out in the classroom.
It’s no surprise [...]
eTextbooks for the iPhone?
Tech blogs were buzzing last week with the news that CourseSmart had just released “eTextbooks for the iPhone“, an iPhone app which allows student and instructor subscribers to access their CourseSmart eTextbook. Seems fewer students want to carry around backpacks full of textbooks. Go figure.
Founded in 2007 and supported by six higher education publishers, CourseSmart [...]
Helpful guidelines for structuring online learning activities
I came across a helpful web site that I wanted to share.
http://www.atimod.com/e-tivities/intro.shtml
The site provides a synopsis of a book which is now somewhat out of date (published 2002), but still provides some useful tips in concise form.
The book is called E-tivities by Dr [...]
Office Hour Wiki
Julie Nishimura Jensen, faculty member in Classical Studies Department and Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classical Studies in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, is using a wiki in her Blackboard site to streamline the scheduling of advising sessions and office hours. She says,
I have to say that I’m really loving my wiki [...]
Keep students informed about their performance
At a recent meeting about technology support for SAS students, several student pointed out that they would like to see their instructors make better use of the Grade Center function in Blackboard. In particular, they were urging their instructors to use the Grade Center to track all graded assignments – not just mid-term or final [...]
