For faculty who use presentation software such as PowerPoint or Keynote to support their lectures and wish to make these presentations available to their students and a potentially a worldwide audience, Slideshare.net might be a useful tool to consider. One way to understand SlideShare is to think of it as a YouTube-like service for sharing [...]
Read moreFaculty Showcase: Phyllis Leber
For Phyllis Leber, Chemistry, organization is an essential part to success in the classroom. “The reason why technology is so valuable to us, is that it provides an organizational framework,” says Professor Leber. By embracing technology in the classroom, she has provided tools that facilitate straightforward and effective modes of communications, centralized file sharing portals, [...]
Read more2011 Horizon Report: Emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education
The annual Horizon Report identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years. In each edition of the Horizon Report, six emerging technologies or practices are described that are likely to enter mainstream use on campuses within [...]
Read moreFocus on the eLL: Video conferencing
NOTE: This is the fifth in a series of articles featuring the capabilities and technologies in the eLearning Laboratory (eLL). This issue focuses on the various options for screening media with your students in the eLearning Lab. The eLearning Lab is an ideal space for hosting a video conference for your students, perhaps with an [...]
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March 1, 2011
